{"id":13670,"date":"2026-04-30T20:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=13670"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:18:41","slug":"japan-shares-drop-on-soft-output-data-middle-east-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=13670&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Japan Shares Drop on Soft Output Data, Middle East Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese shares experienced a decline, influenced by weaker-than-expected output data and escalating risks in the Middle East. The Nikkei index saw a drop as ongoing Middle East conflicts and mixed corporate earnings weighed on investor sentiment. Industrial output in Japan was down month-on-month in March, though it showed an annual increase. Meanwhile, retail sales surpassed forecasts despite rising living costs. The market also reacted to reports that Japan has intervened in the forex market, according to the Nikkei, citing a government source, and rising oil prices due to Iran tensions further contributed to the fall in Japanese stocks at the open.<br \/>\n#JapanStocks #Nikkei225 #MarketDownturn #MiddleEastRisks #EconomicData #IndustrialOutput #RetailSales #ForexIntervention #OilPrices #GlobalEconomy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese shares experienced a decline, influenced by weaker-than-expected output data and escalating risks in the Middle East. The Nikkei index saw a drop as ongoing Middle East conflicts and mixed corporate earnings weighed on investor sentiment. Industrial output in Japan was down month-on-month in March, though it showed an annual increase. Meanwhile, retail sales surpassed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}