Business mood in Japan sours to six-year low as trade war bites

Want to know what else will make the economy look worst? A tax hike that makes most unaffordable things even more unaffordable as well as general inflation and raising prices all while income is either dropping or remaining stagnant.

This is what happens when you depend too much on china.

As a business owner in Japan I can and will hit back. In 2 ways, by reinvesting less profits into the market and by cancelling several entertainment expenses which are not directly increasing our revenue.

We are taxed enough in Japan as it was.

Japanese big manufacturers’ business confidence worsened to a six-year low in the July-September quarter, a central bank survey showed, a sign the bitter U.S.-China trade war is taking a heavier toll on the export-reliant economy.

This is global outlook.

Sentiment of non-manufacturers also deteriorated with some retailers voicing concern over the potential impact of a sales tax hike kicking

This one it's govt decision, so what govt done so far to manage all of those?

Just yesterday, Japan to-day was talking abt China economy. May i know , what is the difference ???.

I think , it would be better to manage our own problems first than to mind other countries problems and say negative things abt other countries. By countries, i mean China. It is like talking abt other families when U cannot even control yr own.

Business mood has gone sour because everyone did their big product shopping before the tax hike. Business will be slow for a while. Let's not be so quick to blame another country.