The economy shrank in the first quarter at the same pace as previously estimated, according to a further revision of data that continued to show Japan was in a recession before the pandemic took its heaviest toll.
Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 2.2 percent in the first quarter compared with the final three months of 2019, the Cabinet Office reported Monday, with business investment showing more resilience than expected.
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