TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending fell for the first time in three months in February, government data showed on ...

The drop, ahead of sweeping tariffs announced by the U.S., was led by falling outlays on clothes and footwear, housing and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending rose 0.8% in January from ... versus an estimated 1.9% decline. To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ...

10, 2022 file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real 0.5 percent from a year earlier, marking the first decline in three months, as consumers ...

TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Japanese households' inflation expectations heightened ... and is prodding firms to raise wages ...

As Japan grappled ... released its study on food spending on Feb. 7. It is based on what is known as the Engel’s coefficient, a measure of how much money a household devotes to food costs ...

The Japanese ... spending on pro-natal policies and some of the world's most generous parental leave. The world's fourth-largest economy also faces the twin threats of a steady decline in ...

TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - Japanese household spending fell for the first time in three months in February, government data showed on Friday, highlighting consumer wariness in the face of high ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s households ... central bank. The decline mostly likely reflects the wider adoption of cashless consumption as well as a rise in nominal consumer spending due to inflation ...

TOKYO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Japan's defense-related budget for fiscal 2025 is expected to total about 9.9 trillion yen (about 70 billion U.S. dollars), equivalent to 1.8 percent of gross domestic ...

Japan’s households cut back on spending as inflation remained elevated, in a sign of vulnerability in a key pocket of the economy before sweeping US tariffs hit the country. Household outlays ...