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Newsroom · Japan Correspondent

By Akio Tanaka

Tokyo-based correspondent covering Japanese politics, economy and the region from a Japanese vantage.

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Japan's Economy Enters Recession as Q1 GDP Shrinks 0.9%, Q2 Expected Worse
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Japan's Economy Enters Recession as Q1 GDP Shrinks 0.9%, Q2 Expected Worse

Japan's GDP fell 0.9% in the first quarter of 2020, marking its first recession since 2015. Analysts forecast a sharper decline in Q2 as the