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Core machine orders in Japan gained a seasonally adjusted 7.5 percent on month in February to 703.8 billion yen, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday - rising for the fourth time in five months.

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Core machine orders in Japan were up a seasonally adjusted 7.5 percent on month in February, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.

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An index measuring prices for domestic corporate goods was up 0.1 percent on month in March, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, coming in at 101.1.

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The M2 money stock in Japan was up 3.0 percent on year in March, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, standing at 833.6 trillion yen.

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Japan is scheduled to release a raft of data on Thursday, setting the pace for a modest day in Asia-Pacific economic news. On tap are February figures for core machine orders and March data for money stock and prices for corporate goods.

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With prices for fuel imports showing a notable decrease, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a pullback by import prices in the month of March. The Labor Department said import prices fell by 0.5 percent in March following a revised 0.6 percent increase in February. The decrease in prices matched economist estimates.

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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by more than anticipated in the week ended April 6th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, with claims pulling back off the four-month high set in the previous week. The report showed that initial jobless claims fell to 346,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 388,000.

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With prices for fuel imports showing a notable decrease, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a pullback by import prices in the month of March.

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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by more than anticipated in the week ended April 6th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, with the data likely to offset some of the recent concerns about the labor market.

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Singapore's gross domestic product contracted a seasonally adjusted annualized 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the previous three months, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in Friday's advance estimate.

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