The new forecast, still above private-sector forecasts for 0.5% growth, reflects worries that U.S. tariffs will make Japanese ...

The Bank of Japan on Thursday lowered its expectations for 2025 gross domestic product growth to an anemic 0.5%, down from the previous projection of +1.1%, made in January.

Japan's GDP in Q1 2025 was flat, a better performance than the initial 0.2% contraction estimate, though significantly slower than Q4's 0.6% growth. Net trade surprisingly boosted GDP by 0.4 ...

Japan's economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and moderate consumption.

Japan's economy contracted in the first quarter, with GDP shrinking at an annualized pace of 0.2%, driven by weak net exports and inventory buildup. The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its ...

Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in a year, and it faces a bumpy road ahead due to the impact of U.S. trade policy.

Japan’s industrial production fell 1.1% month-on-month, seasonally adjusted, in March (vs 2.3% in February, -0.4% market consensus) as tariffs hit the economy.

California's annual GDP in 2024 surpassed Japan's to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. Gov. Gavin Newsom (right) stands at a lectern with State Attorney General Rob Bonta (left).

A version of this article appears in print on May 29, 2025, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Japan’s Debt, Twice as Big As Economy, Pushes Limit.