TOKYO—Japan’s economy contracted in the first three months of 2018 due to weak private consumption and business investment, putting the brakes on the nation’s longest…
TOKYO—Japan’s economy contracted in the first three months of 2018 due to weak private consumption and business investment, putting the brakes on the nation’s longest growth streak in 28 years, government data showed.
The world’s third-largest economy shrank at an annualized pace of 0.6% in the January-March period, compared with revised 0.
