Japan industrial production unexpectedly grows in Dec, retail sales jump By Investing.com - Jan 30, 2025 Investing.com-- Japanese industrial production unexpectedly grew in December amid some ...

Investing.com - The US dollar rose Friday following fresh tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, while the euro stayed weak after an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank. At 04: ...

Japan saw a record number of suicides among school pupils in 2024, health ministry data showed Wednesday. The latest data among those in elementary through high school edged up to 527 from 513 ...

Issuance of the My Number Card started in January 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in early 2020 revealed the slowness of administrative digitalization.

A record number of ramen shop operators in Japan went bankrupt in 2024 as many hesitated to hike prices above 1,000 yen (US$6.4) despite surging costs. Some 72 of them shuttered with over 10 million ...

He also indicated that there is room for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. In its economic forecast released Thursday, the World Bank predicted Japan's gross domestic product will grow a ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan, who are attracted by the country’s many resources for tourism, has increased significantly. To sustainably develop the tourism industry, it is important to ...

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Nearly 1 million Australians visited Japan last year, out of 36.8 million international travellers. Australia-Japan Research Centre professor Dr Shiro Armstrong, who is currently holidaying in ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

This comes after Japan saw a record number of visitors in 2024, surpassing even its 31.88 million high from 2019. A staggering 33.38 million people headed to the country between January and ...