Pedestrians walk across a street near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday. Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
TOKYO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. ■
Pedestrians cross a street near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
This photo shows a city view of Tokyo, Japan, on May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
This photo shows a city view near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Pedestrians cross a street near Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
A visitors enjoys the city view from a high-rise building near Ebisu Station in Tokyo, Japan, May 15, 2025. Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in four quarters, government data showed Friday.
Quarter-on-quarter, real gross domestic product in the January-March period, adjusted for inflation, declined 0.2 percent from the October-December period, according to the Cabinet Office. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
