TOKYO, May 21 : Japanese exports rose 14.8 per cent year-on-year in April, up for an eighth straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.The result compared with a 9.3 per cent increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll.Imports grew 9.7 per cent in April from a year earli

The figure beat projections of 0.4% from Reuters-polled economists, and against the 0.3% in the last quarter.

TOKYO, May 19 : Japan's economy grew an annualised 2.1 per cent in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, a sign it was on a solid recovery path before the energy shock caused…