US EditionJapan's economy expands annualised 0.2% in Q4, below forecast
Growth was driven by modest increases in private consumption and capital spending as exports remained weak due to U.S. tariffs, limiting the rebound from last quarter's contraction.
- Japan's economy grew 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025, rebounding from a 0.6% contraction in the third quarter but missing forecasts of 0.4% expansion.
- The Bank of Japan raised its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 to 0.9% from 0.7% and lifted its fiscal 2026 outlook to 1% from 0.7%.
- Japan is working with the U.S., its second-largest trading partner, on a $550 billion investment pledge under its trade deal with Washington, but Tokyo and Washington have yet to agree on the first projects tied to the pledge.
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Japan's economy barely grows in the last quarter as exports slow, with 2025 expansion just 1.1%.
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Japan's GDP in late 2025 falls short of expectations
TOKYO, Japan – Japanese economic growth fell short of market expectations in late 2025, official data showed Monday, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to stimulate activity after her recent election landslide. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world’s fourth-biggest economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter, undershooting market forecasts of growth of 0.4 percent. READ: Japan’s economy grew at faster rate in …
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TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s economy eked out an annualized 0.2% expansion in the October-December quarter, government data showed on Monday, scraping back to growth as corporate investment only just reversed its previous decline.
The gross domestic product (GDP), stimulated at the end of the year by the stimulus measures of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, rose by 0.1% over the period October-December compared to the previous quarter. Over the whole year 2025, the GDP of the fourth world economy rose by ...
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