TOKYO -- Japan's economy is on course for a major downturn as demand from China ebbs, according to a survey of international economists, underscoring Tokyo's continued failure to improve the country's stubbornly low potential growth rate.
Weak potential growth leaves economy vulnerable to slowing outside demand

While the economic outlook in the U.S. and Europe is brightening, Japan is being left behind. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
TOKYO -- Japan's economy is on course for a major downturn as demand from China ebbs, according to a survey of international economists, underscoring Tokyo's continued failure to improve the country's stubbornly low potential growth rate.