Japan's 2nd qtr GDP shrinks at record 27.8% amid virus pandemic+

Japan's 2nd qtr GDP shrinks at record 27.8% amid virus pandemic+

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 17, 2020, shows foreign-bound passenger cars at a distribution center in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's exports of goods and services slumped 18.5 percent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter as the overall economy shrank an annualized real 27.8 percent, the sharpest contraction on record, due to restricted business activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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