New orders contracted for the 19th straight month on subdued demand in both domestic and key overseas markets

Since April, truck drivers' annual overtime has been capped at 960 hours, or 80 hours per month on average, alongside new rules including on break stops

Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours before the Bank of Japan was widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged

Japan's economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in the second quarter, hurt by downward revisions in corporate and household spending that point to a bumpier second half for consumption and the central bank's rate-hike plans

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Japan next week, where he will hold talks on energy while hunting more opportunities in gaming as he seeks to improve Saudi Arabia's image

Gross domestic product in the world's number four economy shrank by 0.5 percent against market expectations of a drop of only 0.3 percent

IMF said Japan's commitment to allow the yen to move flexibly will help the central bank focus on achieving price stability

Japan’s nominal GDP will be overtaken by India’s and slip from number 4 in the world to number 5 next year, according to projections by IMF

Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months

Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s nominal GDP has been overtaken by Germany

Japan ceded the title of world's third largest economy to Germany after unexpectedly slipping into a recession

Japan slipped below Germany to fourth place, with India projected to leapfrog both later this decade

Tokyo is seeing success against inflation as it continues to decline

Toyota would restart its vehicle plants from Monday, deciding about operations separately on January 15

Japanese firms are showing their resilience by resuming production four days after a devastating earthquake

Japan, a pioneer in mobile “e-wallet” payments in 2004, has, ironically, since become a serious laggard on this front. Less than 20 percent of the payments are cashless, in the country.

Japan's Economy Minister Akira Amari says he is resigning amid corruption allegations. But he denies personally receiving bribes from a construction company, as had been alleged by a Japanese magazine.

Toyota returns to the top slot in global vehicle sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year.

Scuffles break out in Japan's upper house ahead of a vote on a controversial move by the government to expand the role of the armed forces.