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China's 2nd-qtr GDP growth

China's National Bureau of Statistics holds a press conference in Beijing on July 15, 2025, to announce the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2025.

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China's 2nd-qtr GDP growth

China's National Bureau of Statistics holds a press conference in Beijing on July 15, 2025, to announce the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2025.

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China's 2nd-qtr GDP growth

China's National Bureau of Statistics holds a press conference in Beijing on July 15, 2025, to announce the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2025.

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China GDP grows real 4.6% in 3rd qtr

A spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics attends a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2024, following the release of the country's gross domestic product data for the July-September quarter. China's economy in the third quarter grew a real 4.6 percent from a year earlier, marking the slowest expansion since the first three months of 2023.

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China GDP grows real 4.6% in 3rd qtr

A spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics attends a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2024, following the release of the country's gross domestic product data for the July-September quarter. China's economy in the third quarter grew a real 4.6 percent from a year earlier, with the pace of expansion slowing from the previous quarter amid a continued property sector crisis and weak spending.

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China GDP grows real 4.6% in 3rd qtr

A spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics attends a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2024, following the release of the country's gross domestic product data for the July-September quarter. China's economy in the third quarter grew a real 4.6 percent from a year earlier, with the pace of expansion slowing from the previous quarter amid a continued property sector crisis and weak spending.

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China GDP grows real 6.3% in 2nd qtr

A spokesman from China's National Bureau of Statistics attends a press conference in Beijing on July 17, 2023, following the release of the country's gross domestic product figure for the April-June quarter. China's economy in the second quarter grew a real 6.3 percent from a year earlier.

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China GDP grows real 4.5% in 1st qtr

Officials of China's National Bureau of Statistics attend a press conference in Beijing on April 18, 2023, to release the country's gross domestic product data for the first quarter of 2023. China's economy grew a real 4.5 percent from a year earlier during the January-March period.

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China GDP grows real 4.5% in 1st qtr

Officials of China's National Bureau of Statistics attend a press conference in Beijing on April 18, 2023, to release the country's gross domestic product data for the first quarter of 2023. China's economy grew a real 4.5 percent from a year earlier during the January-March period.

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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Yoshinoya incurs net loss of 108 mil. yen in Sept.-Nov. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of restaurant chain operator Yoshinoya D&C Co., announces Dec. 27 that the company fell into the red, with a group net loss of 108 million yen, in the September-November period as a result of Japan's continued import ban on American beef.

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Toyota posts record sales, profits in October-December qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Suzuki tells reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 5 that the automaker reported record earnings results for the October-December period, bolstered by robust vehicle sales overseas, including elsewhere in Asia, Russia and the Middle East.

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Japan's economy logs 0.5% annualized rise in April-June qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroko Ota, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks about Japan's economy during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 13. The government said the same day that Japan's economy posted a weaker-than-expected 0.5 percent annualized expansion in real terms during the April-June period from the previous quarter on a slowdown of growth in exports to the United States and in private domestic consumption.

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China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

BEIJING, Oct. 19 Kyodo - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces at a press conference in Beijing on Oct, 19, 2015, that China's economy in the July-September quarter grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier. The gross domestic product figure of the world's second-largest economy slipped below 7 percent for the first time in more than six years.

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TEPCO logs 1st pretax profit in 4 yrs for April-June qtr.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose announces the company's earnings report for the April-June quarter on July 31, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. TEPCO turned to the black on a group pretax basis in the reporting period for the first time in the four years since the 2011 nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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China's Jan.-March qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks on China's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014 in Beijing on April 16, 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months, slipping below the government's gross domestic product growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014, government data showed the same day.

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China's 3rd qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces China's economic growth data in the July-September quarter of 2013 in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2013. China's economic growth picked up to 7.8 percent in the quarter from a year earlier, from 7.5 percent expansion in the previous three months, recording the fastest pace of growth for the year.

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Japan economy stagnates in 3rd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara gives a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012 on the country's gross domestic product data for the third quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. GDP contracted an annualized real 3.5 percent from the previous quarter.

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TEPCO logs 299 bil. yen group net loss for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March 31 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 299.48 billion yen for the April to September half, pressured by higher fossil fuel costs to make up for the halt in nuclear power generation following the disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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China's economy grows 9.5% in April-June qtr

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, a spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks in a press conference in Beijing on July 13, 2011. China said its economy grew 9.5 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, down from a 9.7 percent expansion in the preceding quarter.

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Japan's economy expands for 4th qtr in Jan.-March

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan, who concurrently serves as state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 20, 2010, after the Cabinet Office announced that Japan's economy grew an annualized real 4.9 percent in January-March, expanding for the fourth consecutive quarter. Kan said the current recovery trend in the Japanese economy will likely continue.

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China's 1st qtr GDP up 11.9% on year

BEIJING, China - Laborers carry out construction work at a site in Shanghai in March 2010 ahead of the May 1 opening of the World Expo in the city. The Chinese government said April 15 that the country's economy expanded 11.9 percent in the January to March period from a year earlier.

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China's 1st qtr GDP up 11.9% on year

BEIJING, China - Chinese consumers look at condominium models during a real estate business event in Beijing on April 9, 2010. The Chinese government said April 15 that the country's economy expanded 11.9 percent in the January to March period from a year earlier.

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters.

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Toyota posts 2nd qtr profit, trims annual loss outlook on cost cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Yoichiro Ichimaru speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, announcing that the auto company returned to the black in the July to September quarter for the first time in four quarters.

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JAL's 1st qtr net loss expands to 99 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Kanayama, Japan Airlines Corp.'s senior vice president in charge of finance, announces the company's April-June business results during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7.

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MOF lowers economic views for all 11 regions for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of the chiefs of the 11 regional bureaus of the Finance Ministry at the ministry on Jan. 28. The ministry lowered its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the October-December period from the previous three months. It adopted the word ''worsening'' in the overall assessment for the first time since comparable data became available in 1985.

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Japan's economy shrinks annualized real 0.4% in July-Sept. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17 after the Cabinet Office announced that Japan's economy shrank an annualized 0.4 percent in real terms in the July-September quarter, for the second straight quarter of contraction.

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Japanese economy grows annual 3.7% in Oct.-Dec. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a news conference after the Cabinet Office announced Japan's gross domestic product data for the October-December quarter on Feb. 14. Japan's real economy grew a stronger-than-expected annualized 3.7 percent in the October-December quarter, aided by brisk Asia-bound exports and firm corporate capital spending.

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Sanyo Electric sees net profit in 1st qtr but operating profit sinks

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Vice President Koichi Maeda speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 30. He said the company's group net balance returned to the black in the April-June quarter on the sale of its shareholdings in Sanyo Credit Co. and foreign exchange gains on overseas earnings, but operating profit nosedived on poor mobile phone and industrial-use equipment sales.

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Japan's economy grows at annual 2.0% rate in July-Sept. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroko Ota, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks about Japan's gross domestic product for the July-September period at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14.

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All regions see recovery in July-September for 4th straight qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting of ministry regional bureau chiefs at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24.

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Sanyo Electric reports 1st qtr operating profit

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Maeda, vice president of Sanyo Electric Co., announced the company's group earnings report for the April-June quarter at a hotel in Osaka on July 27.

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Matsushita raises 1st-half forecast on strong 1st-qtr results

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuya Kawakami, vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the April-June quarter in Tokyo on July 26.

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Japan's economy grows 0.4% in July-Sept. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano meets press in Tokyo on Nov. 11 after the government announced Japan's economy grew 0.4 percent in real terms in the July-September period from the previous quarter for the fourth straight quarter of growth.

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Toyota's 1st qtr group sales rise 10.5%, record high

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Director Takeshi Suzuki speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug/. 3. The company said its consolidated sales in the April-June first quarter of the 2005 business year rose 10.5 percent from a year earlier to 4,981.79 billion yen, marking its highest first-quarter sales ever, supported by robust sales in overseas markets including North America.

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Japan's GDP grows in Jan.-March qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 17 on Japan's economy, which grew a real 1.3 percent in the January-March period from the previous quarter, its strongest expansion in a year.

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(2)Japan's economy shrinks 0.1% in Oct.-Dec. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takeneka speaks at a press conference following the official announcement on Feb. 16 that Japan's economy shrank 0.1 percent in real terms in the October-December period from the previous quarter, down for the third straight quarter.

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Japan's economy shrinks 0.1% in Oct.-Dec. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka speaks to reporters after the government announced Japan's economy shrank 0.1 percent in real terms in the 2004 October-December period from the previous quarter, down for the third straight quarter.

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Matsushita reports 46.7% net profit rise in 3rd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuya Kawakami, senior mangaing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., briefs reporters about the company's group earnings report for the Oct.-Dec. quarter in Tokyo on Feb. 4.

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Mitsubishi Motors' net loss widens in April-June qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Hideyasu Tagaya (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 4. The scandal-tainted automaker reported a group net loss of 54.69 billion yen in the first quarter of fiscal 2004, a larger loss than the 51.14 billion yen the same period of 2003.

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Toyota's group net profit up 28.8% in April-June qtr

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Ryuji Araki said at a news conference Aug. 3 in Nagoya the company's group net profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was up 28.8 percent from a year earlier, as higher overseas sales more than offset a stronger-than-expected yen.

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Toyota's net profit jumps 93.9% in 3rd qtr on brisk sales

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Ryuji Araki smiles at a press conference at the Nagoya Stock Exchange on Feb. 5 as he speaks about the company's earnings report for the October-December quarter.

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(4)OPEC to keep output quotas unchanged for Oct.-Dec. qtr

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (2nd from L) proposes a toast to Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil ministers at the end of the OPEC meeting in Osaka on Sept. 19.

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(3)OPEC to keep output quotas unchanged for Oct.-Dec. qtr

OSAKA, Japan - Rilwanu Lukman (R), president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), speaks at a news conference at the end of the OPEC meeting in Osaka on Sept. 19. The 11-member cartel decided to keep its official crude oil output intact for the October-December quarter.

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(1)OPEC to keep output quotas unchanged for Oct.-Dec. qtr

OSAKA, Japan - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decides to keep its official crude oil output intact for the October-December quarter at a meeting in Osaka on Sept. 19.

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(2)OPEC to keep output quotas unchanged for Oct.-Dec. qtr

OSAKA, Japan - Saudi oil minister Ali ibn Ibrahim an-Nuanimi (C) speaks with media members before the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) opens its meeting in Osaka on Sept. 19.

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Matsushita returns to profit in 1st qtr, revises forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuya Kawakami (L), a director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., announces the company's group earnings report for the April-June quarter at a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 31.

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Japan's economy up 0.8% in 2000 Oct.-Dec. qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 12 after the government released a preliminary report that Japan's economy grew a real 0.8% on a quarterly basis in October-December. He said the government's targeted growth of 1.2% for fiscal 2000 will be achieved but added the economic outlook is uncertain.

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EPA's Sakaiya speaks on GDP in July-Sept qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Economic Planning Agency (EPA) chief Taichi Sakaiya speaks to reporters Dec. 4 on Japan's July-September gross domestic product (GDP). The EPA said the GDP grew a real 0.2% in the quarter from the previous quarter for the third consecutive quarterly growth, reaffirming a gradual improvement of the economy.