15720 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://japantoday.com/category/business/Japan-household-spending-falls-in-SeptemberJapan’s household spending slumped in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, falling well short of economists’ expectations and suggesting a slow recovery after an earthquake and typhoons hit consumption. The surprise 1.6 percent annual decline in household spending in September was the exact opposite of the 1.Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:38:00 +0100japantoday-35390fcdccadb4687f3abb022e297df720181106073800https://investir.lesechos.fr/marches/actualites/recul-inattendu-des-depenses-des-menages-au-japon-en-septembre-1803156.phpTOKYO, 6 novembre (Reuters) - Les dépenses des ménages japonais ont chuté de manière inattendue en septembre par rapport à la même période en 2017, montrent des statistiques gouvernementales publiées mardi. Ces dépenses ont diminué de 1,6 % en septembre en rythme annuel, alors que la prévision....Tue, 06 Nov 2018 03:05:00 +0100LesEchos-324f59ff02e5a2ad479a31e3f94d285120181106030500https://www.oann.com/japan-household-spending-falls-in-september-confounds-expectations-2/November 6, 2018. By Stanley White. TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s household spending slumped in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, falling well short of economists’ expectations and suggesting a slow recovery after an earthquake and typhoons hit consumption. The surprise 1.Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:50:00 +0100oann-978a3fea9cc8da9cbdcec95329c4fcfb20181106015000https://www.theepochtimes.com/shallow-5-9-magnitude-quake-hits-off-northern-japan_2706986.htmlA shallow 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Hokkaido, located in northern Japan, on Nov. 5, said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The moderate tremor at a depth of about 4.9 miles and was centered about 66 miles northeast of Shibetsu, located in western Hokkaido.Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:11:00 +0100theepochtimes-4055a90f59e7f8b4e51d1c89d112d31620181105201100