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Tokyo, May 18 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 1.9 percent between January and March compared to the same period last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government said Tuesday.The world's third largest economy also shrank by 1.3 percent with respect to the last quarter of 2020.Japan had ended 2020 with a 4.8 percent year-on-year drop in its GDP due to the effects of the crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, according to preliminary data released by the Cabinet Office. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WEARING FACE MASKS WALKING IN DOWNTOWN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Mar 9 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's economy contracted by 4.8 percent in 2020, according to revised data published Tuesday by the government, which maintained its initial estimate, although it reported a lower investment and revised down the growth in the last quarter of the year.The revised report released by the Cabinet Office on Tuesday confirms the first contraction in the country's GDP since the record 5.7 percent decline it registered in 2009.That year, the Asian country's economy was impacted by the financial crisis sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and last year by the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Dec 8 (EFE/EPA).- Japan on Tuesday revised upwards the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of this year and put it at 5.3 percent, 0.3 percent more than reported in the preliminary data in November.The 5.3 percent growth between July and September compared to the preceding quarter confirms the recovery trend of the world's third-largest economy after the coronavirus pandemic impact. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF STORES AND CARS FOR EXPORT IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- The Bank of Japan decided Wednesday to keep its monetary policy unchanged, after positively evaluating the country’s moderate recovery and the advance of the Covid-19 vaccinations for the normalization of economic activity. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF DAILY LIFE OF PEOPLE IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Sep 8 (EFE/EPA).- Japan upped the growth of its gross domestic product Wednesday in the quarter from April to June, 0.5 percent compared to the previous quarter, two 10ths above its preliminary estimate.In year-on-year terms, Japan's economic growth in the period was 7.6 percent, one 10th above the figures the Japanese Cabinet Office published in mid-August. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN.