(Bloomberg) -- The growth of Japan’s GDP may sound like good news for the country, but it also means it will have to pay more to reach its target to spend 2% of GDP on defense, adding to the ...

(Bloomberg) -- The growth of Japan’s GDP may sound like good news for the country, but it also means it will have to pay more to reach its target to spend 2% of GDP on defense, adding to the woes of a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's economy expanded in the October-December ... slower than the 2.8% growth in the initial estimate and economists' median forecast.

Japan's Q4 GDP growth was revised lower to 0.6% q/q below the flash estimate of 0.7% but higher than an upwardly revised 0.4% expansion in Q3, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth.

That underscores the fragility of Japan’s economic growth, given the growing risks from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy. Net exports last quarter also grew mainly on the back of ...