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Japanese economy shrinks: Is the Bank of Japan to blame?

Matthew Boesler, Business InsiderNovember 12, 2012 18:02
Japan released third-quarter GDP figures today, revealing the fastest pace of contraction in the Japanese economy since the devastating earthquake that took a heavy toll in April of 2011.

Japan's prime minister takes economic action, but risks popularity with his party and his people

June 27, 2012 15:43
TOKYO — Japan's prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, has made raising taxes to tackle the country's debt woes the cornerstone of his economic policy. This week, he duly won parliament's backing for a controversial rise in sales tax. Yet the measure could sink his administration.

Can Sony get its mojo back?

June 12, 2012 06:00
OSAKA — Is Sony the victim of forces beyond its control, or a corporate icon felled by complacency? Probably both. The company has faced natural disasters in Japan and Thailand since last March and its profits have been dented by the yen's rise against the dollar. Many analysts barely recognize Sony as the company that once epitomized Japanese innovation and quality with Walkmen and TVs.

Japan's 'Madoff' moment after asset firm loses billions in pensions

February 24, 2012 18:27
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Japan's authorities ordered a halt to all operations of the asset management company, AIJ, on Friday, after fraud allegations.

“Lonely deaths” in Japan raise questions

February 24, 2012 12:30
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Japan's aging population combined with an ailing economy and increasing urban isolation has led to more cases of "lonely deaths."

Japan: New prime minister, same problems

August 29, 2011 08:39
TOYKO — Choosing a new prime minister has become as much an annual rite of Japanese life as sipping sake beneath the cherry blossoms.

6.2-magnitude quake hits Fukushima, as nuclear chief visits

News DeskJuly 25, 2011 07:12
Tremors were felt in Tokyo, about 150 miles away from the prefecture, although there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to properties, and no tsunami warning was issued.

Radiation poses newly discovered danger to children in Japan

News DeskJuly 1, 2011 21:03
The survey found 1.13 becquerels of caesium-134 per litre of urine in an 8-year-old girl — the highest reading for that isotope. The highest reading for caesium-137 (1.30 becquerels) was in a 7-year-old boy.

Tokyo's Summer Olympics bid to include quake-hit areas

News DeskJune 25, 2011 15:44
Tsunekazu Takeda, the Japan Olympic Committee chief, said he wants the 2020 Summer Games to be a “symbol of recovery” for Japan.

Japan restricts green tea shipments because of radiation contamination

News DeskJune 3, 2011 04:31
Green tea leaves are the most recent Japanese agricultural product to be affected by problems surrounding the still-damaged Fukushima plant
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