TOKYO -- Japan's economy shrank an annualized 2.9% in the three months through September from the previous quarter, according to data from the Cabinet Office on Friday, worse than the preliminary 2.1% contraction released last month.
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Slowing corporate investment has weighed on Japan's economy. (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
TOKYO -- Japan's economy shrank an annualized 2.9% in the three months through September from the previous quarter, according to data from the Cabinet Office on Friday, worse than the preliminary 2.1% contraction released last month.