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Japan's GDP grows annualized 2.4 pct in Q1

Xinhua, May 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Economic growth in the world's third largest economy Japan reached an annualized 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2015, the Japanese government said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the country's real gross domestic product (GDP) was up 0.6 percent in the reporting period from January to March, said the government, adding Japan's consumption in the reporting quarter grew a real 0.4 percent. Endi