The shift is already visible in places like Homi Danchi, a housing complex near Toyota’s headquarters, where roughly 60% of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's factory output fell more than expected while retail sales declined for the first time in over three years in August, government data showed, heightening uncertainties about ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's manufacturing sector expanded in June for the first time in 13 months led by an upswing in output, but overall demand remained weak as new orders shrank yet again amid ...

TOKYO—Japan’s industrial production increased modestly in May, but the rebound is likely to be temporary due to the impact of U.S. tariffs and concerns over a global slowdown. Industrial production ...

Currently just 9 percent of workers in Japan's auto workers are foreigners, a number that needs to triple to sustain the ...

The S&P Global Japan Manufacturing PMI was 51.5 in January 2026, stable from the preliminary reading and higher than December’s 50. This indicated the first growth in factory activity since last June, ...

Japan’s factory output rose less than expected in May, missing analysts’ estimates as US tariffs hit the nation’s exports, clouding the outlook for the Asian economy as it faces the risk of a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output unexpectedly fell in February at the fastest pace in eight months, leaving the economy in a precarious position as an impending sales tax hike threatens to ...

OSHU, Japan (AP) — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry ...

When I was a kid, my elementary school had a program that let students shadow adults at their job for a day. The idea was to show us what working as, say, an architect was like. “Japanese assembly ...