Japanese Companies Raise Capital Spending in Sign of Resilience.

Japanese businesses have shown resilience by increasing their investment, according to the finance ministry. Capital expenditures on goods, excluding software, rose by 0.3% in the three months through September compared to the previous quarter. Spending on equipment, including software, also increased by 3.4% from the previous year. This data will be considered when revising the initial reading of the country's gross domestic product, which showed a contraction of 2.1% on an annualized basis. [Extracted from the article]