Japan credit rating

Fitch downgrades Japan, joins Moody's in warning on fiscal policy

Fitch Ratings downgraded Japan`s credit rating by one notch after the government failed to take steps in this fiscal year`s budget to offset a delay in a sales tax increase, the agency said on Monday.

Apr 27, 2015, 17:28 PM IST

Fitch places Japan credit on Rating Watch Negative

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday placed Japan`s sovereign credit on Rating Watch Negative, warning that the delay in raising consumption tax would put the government`s objective of reducing the national debt at risk.

Dec 09, 2014, 19:29 PM IST