TOKYO -- More than 70% of top business leaders in Japan say the economy is expanding, a new Nikkei survey shows, with respondents citing signs of a recovery in consumer spending fueled by pay raises.
Asked their sentiments on the economy compared with three months earlier, 71.7% said the economy is "expanding slightly" -- roughly 20 percentage points more than in the previous poll.
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