Industrial output falls in Japan
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Japan's industrial production falls and unemployment rises, providing more evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average ended down almost  one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak machinery  orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's economic  outlook and triggered selling across the board.
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Japan's economy shrank 0.1 percent during the quarter ended Dec. 31, the government said Wednesday, as numbers were revised to show three straight quarters of contraction.
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Japan&#39;s unemployment rate fell to a six-year low in November and industrial production picked up, offering evidence that the nation&#39;s recovery is continuing, although at a significantly slower pace than earlier in the year.
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Japan's Nikkei average ended down half a  percent on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data due  later in the day, with banks and drug firms succumbing to  profit-taking.
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Japan's industrial output slipped unexpectedly in April, hit by falling car sales, official figures show.
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Industrial output in Germany fell in November, hit by declining activity in the key manufacturing, construction and energy sectors, data published by the German Economy and Labour Ministry showed.
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The Nikkei share average closed down 0.38  percent on Wednesday as exporters such as Honda Motor Co. met  profit-taking, and real estate firms and others dependent on  domestic demand sank after weaker than expected growth data.
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Japan&#39;s central bank downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth.
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TOKYO, Feb. 16 -- Japan's gross domestic product unexpectedly shrank in the three months ended Dec. 31, and revised figures also showed a contraction in the previous period, throwing the economy into its fourth recession since 1991.
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TOKYO  - Japan downgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year Tuesday, noting slower export growth and curbed production, but said the recovery is continuing.
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The Japanese government downgraded its  view on the economy slightly on Tuesday, citing weaker exports  and output, but it said a recovery was continuing due to steady  domestic demand, in terms of both personal consumption and  capital spending.  "The economy continues to recover, while  some weak movements have been seen recently," the government  said in its monthly economic report.
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A sharp fall in Japanese industrial output in January raises fresh questions about the strength of its economic recovery.
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Japanese stocks fell, paced by exporters such as Canon Inc. and Nissan Motor Co., after a US government report showed that the world&#39;s largest economy added fewer jobs in November than some economists had expected.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average closed down 1.35 percent on Thursday after an unexpected fall in core machinery orders data worsened investors&#39; concern over Japan&#39;s economic outlook and triggered selling of a wide range of stocks.
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Figures show a fall in Japan's trade surplus, casting a shadow over the country's export-led recovery.
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Japan's Nikkei fell almost 1 percent by midday on Tuesday after poor industrial output data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and as profit-taking hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.