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Last week, Germany slipped into recession as more major economies face the impact of sustained lockdowns. Japan didn't go into full national lockdown but issued a state of emergency in April severely ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economic growth plunged into recession in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic squelched production, exports and spending, and fears are growing worse times may ... ( read original story ...)

Garuda Indonesia intends to give air freight a greater emphasis this year, targeting a 10% rise in cargo revenue, and will end its flights to London and Nagoya. In an investor presentation on its full ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years, GDP data showed on Monday, putting the nation on course for its deepest postwar slump as the coronavirus crisis takes a heavy ... ( read original story ...)

Despite signs of success in fighting the coronavirus, the world’s third-largest economy will struggle for months to come as it tries to reopen for business. ( read original story ...)

The third-largest economy slipped into a recession by one common definition in the first quarter of 2020, with worse expected in the current quarter. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy is expected to slump significantly due to sluggish overseas demand blamed on the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world's third-largest economy contracting by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the ... ( read original story ...)

Economic news out this week will reflect more fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and policy makers’ efforts to respond. ( read original story ...)

The Diamond Princess, the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship that was quarantined in the port of Yokohama in February, left for Malaysia on Saturday for its ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese hospital doctors on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic face tough working conditions, with many reusing masks and few getting hazard pay, a survey by a labour union showed. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Shinto shrines, a go-to place for many Japanese to pray for good health and safety, have largely shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic. But one Tokyo shrine went online for ... ( read original story ...)

The recent discovery of the most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in Japan suggests the duck-billed creatures once stomped across the Bering Land Bridge. The dinosaur found in Japan is very ... ( read original story ...)

The Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship which was quarantined in the port of Yokohama in February, left for Malaysia on Saturday for its crew to return, the Japanese unit of the U.S. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy has slipped from sales-tax hangover into deep recession, official data is set to show tomorrow, with worse to come even as coronavirus restrictions on activity are gradually lifted. ( read original story ...)

The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic. Speaking at a joint news conference with the ... ( read original story ...)