New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Japanese businesses maintain steady capital spending in Q3 despite global headwinds, as surging corporate profits and AI-driven investments offset manufacturing slowdown and export challenges

TOKYO - Japanese companies increased their capital expenditures by 2.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year, a slowdown from the robust 5.1 percent expansion in the prior period, yet a figure that underscores resilient domestic demand even as global trade tensions mount. The data, released Monday by the Ministry of Finance, exceeded economists' modest expectations of 1.8 percent growth and offers a counterpoint to recent gloomy headlines about Japan's contracting economy, where gross domestic produc...