18/02/2025

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (February 2025)

In the October–December quarter of 2024, real GDP grew by 0.7% from the previous quarter (eq...

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18/11/2024

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (November 2024)

In the July–September quarter of 2024, Japan’s real GDP grew by 0.9% on an annualized basis f...

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16/08/2024

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 (August 2024)

Real GDP increased by 3.1% in the April-June quarter of 2024 on an annualized basis from the p...

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17/05/2024

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 (May 2024)

Real GDP in the January–March quarter of 2024 contracted at an annualized rate of -2.0% from ...

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16/02/2024

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2023 to 2025 (February 2024)

In the October–December quarter of 2023, the real GDP grew at an annualized rate of ˗0.4% fro...

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16/11/2023

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2023 to 2025 (November 2023)

In the July–September quarter of 2023, Japan’s real GDP experienced negative growth for th...

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16/08/2023

Japan’s Economic Outlook for the Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 (August 2023)

Real GDP grew at a high rate of 1.5% from the previous quarter (equivalent to an annualized ra...

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18/05/2023

Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 (May 2023)

Real GDP in the January–March quarter of 2023 grew at an annualized rate of 1.6%, the f...

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15/02/2023

Japan’s Economic Outlook for the Fiscal Years 2022 to 2024 (February 2023)

Real GDP grew at an annual rate of 0.6% from the previous quarter in the October–December qua...

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16/11/2022

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2024 (November 2022)

However, this does not mean that the economy is deteriorating, as the main cause is the deter...

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16/08/2022

JAPAN’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 (August 2022)

In the April–June quarter of 2022, real GDP grew from the previous quarter at an annualized r...

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19/05/2022

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2022 and 2023 (May 2022)

In the January-March quarter of 2022, real GDP posted an annualized growth rate of negative ...

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16/02/2022

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2021 to 2023 (February 2022)

In the October–December quarter of 2021, real GDP posted an annualized growth rate of 5.4%, ...

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16/11/2021

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal 2021 to 2023

In the July–September quarter of 2021, real GDP posted an annualized contraction of 3.0%, t...

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17/08/2021

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022

The Japanese economy has been stagnant since the beginning of 2021. Real GDP in the April–Ju...

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19/05/2021

Japan's Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022

Real GDP in the January-March quarter of 2021 posted its first negative growth in three quar...

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16/02/2021

Japan’s Economic Outlook for FY 2020–2022

Real GDP in the October–December quarter of 2020 grew at an annual rate of 12.7%, a soaring ra...

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17/11/2020

Japan's Economic Outlook for FY 2020–2022

Real GDP in the July–September quarter of 2020 grew at an annualized rate of 21.4%, reflecti...

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18/08/2020

Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021

The real gross domestic product (GDP) in the April–June quarter of 2020 marked a record minu...

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21/10/2009

Recent Economic Trends as Seen From the Economy Watchers Survey

The apparent economic trough in March 2009 was correctly signaled by the Economy Watchers S...

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15/07/2009

The Worst May be Over for Japan’s Economy－Short-term Economic Forecast (Fiscal 2009-2010)

Japan experienced its worst recession to date in fiscal 2009, marked by two consecutive qua...

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25/03/2009

How the Rapid Growth of Non-Regular Employees Will Impact the Next Round of Employment Adjustment

We predict the next round of employment adjustment will largely bypass regular employees a...

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27/01/2009

The Growing Risk of an Extended Recession－Short-term Economic Forecast (FY 2008-2010)

We believe that Japan’s economy peaked out in late 2007 and entered a downturn. Real ...

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03/07/2008

Economy Struggles with Rising Raw Material Prices－Short-Term Economic Forecast (FY 2008-2009)

Real GDP in Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2008 surged an impressive 4.0% (annualized) from the previous quar...

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29/01/2008

Building Code Revision Intensifies Downside Risk to the Economy － Short-term Economic Forecast(FY 2007～2008)

The real economy expanded at a 1.5% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2007, following n...

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03/08/2007

Economy Must Shift to Consumption-Led Growth－Economic Forecast for FY 2007-2008

The economy’s performance was mixed in January-March (Q1) 2007. Although real GDP ...

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18/05/2007

Assessing the Insufficient Employment Sentiment in Light of Labor Share Trends

Excessive employment, which plagued the post-bubble economy for a decade, has finally end...

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18/05/2005

The Retirement of Baby Boomers and Its Impact on the Labor Market

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01/09/2000

The Need to Cope with the Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate of Young Persons

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01/06/2000

The Unemployment Severity Index as a Measure of Qualitative Changes in Unemployment

1. IntroductionJapan’s unemployment situation remains grim. The unemployment r...

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01/12/1998

Implications of the 4% Unemployment Rate

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