Natural Disasters Take a Toll on Japan"s Economy

The Japanese economy contracted during the three months through September as a series of natural disasters hurt exports and spending by tourists.....»»

Lessons of the Great Recession, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other events in the past may hold some lessons for what central banks and the U.S. government could do beyond traditional........»»

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp is watching developments from the coronavirus outbreak for effects on the global economy and prices of natural resources, its finance chief said after the trading house reported a drop in net profit.....»»

Natural disasters and softer steel prices are taking a toll at U.S. Steel Corp. , which on Tuesday forecast lower-than-expected.....»»

Japan's business mood slumped to a two-year low in the March quarter, a central bank survey showed, underscoring concerns that Sino-U.S. trade tensions and softening global demand were taking a toll on the export-reliant economy......»»

Japanese business confidence worsened to a two-year low in the March quarter, a central bank survey showed, underscoring concerns that Sino-U.S. trade tensions and softening global demand were taking a toll on the export-reliant economy......»»

Tokyo is seeing one of its worst hay fever seasons ever, costing the economy tens of millions of dollars a year in lost productivity.".....»»

The latest numbers on fatalities in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria and its aftermath place the storm as one of the deadliest to hit the U.S. and its territories......»»

The latest numbers on fatalities in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria and its aftermath place the storm as one of the deadliest to hit the U.S. and its territories......»»

David J. Phillip/AP From rainfall to wildfires, 2017 was a record-breaking year for natural disasters.  In August and September, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria left behind a high death toll, drowned homes, a.....»»

Waffle House is known for staying open during many natural disasters. If a Waffle House closes, it suggests the event was bad enough to have devastating effects on the economy......»»

A spate of disasters raises questions about the finances and futures of states prone to fires, mudslides, hurricanes, and other natural and man-made scourges.....»»

Japan is reporting a trade deficit in October but is seeing a recovery in exports after getting slammed by natural disasters in September......»»

As the Bank of Japan finally gives up on trying to hit its inflation target and resigns itself to the deflation that has already loomed over its economy for the past twenty years, the Japanese official birt.....»»

Confidence among Japanese manufacturers dropped for a third straight month in January to a two-year low, a Reuters monthly poll showed, as worries over the health of the global economy and trade tensions take a toll on the corporate sector......»»

Japan’s economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter as a slow vaccine rollout and new COVID-19 infections hit spending on items such as dining out and clothes, raising concerns the country will lag others emerging from the pandemic......»»

The shelters were made by Pallet, which specializes in making tiny homes for people who have been unhoused due to natural and personal disasters. A peek inside one of the tiny homes. Brittany Chang/Insider This year, Hope of th.....»»

Japan's Economy Is Again Struggling Authored by Br.....»»

Trade with the European Union fell sharply in January after the end of the Brexit transition period at the beginning of the year, numbers from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. But the U.K. economy shrank less than expected......»»

CEOs of Sempra Energy and Total see new momentum to build a clean-energy economy around the globe.....»»