This photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows the vehicles for sale at a port in Yokohama, Japan. Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the three months through June, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly expansion, the Cabinet Office reported Friday. The latest real gross domestic product (GDP) data followed a revision to the January-March period's results to 0.6 percent growth, reversing from a previously announced 0.2 percent contraction. Adjusted for inflation, Japan's GDP in the April-June period increased 0.3 percent from the previous three months, the office said in its preliminary report. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
TOKYO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the three months through June, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly expansion, the Cabinet Office reported Friday.
The latest real gross domestic product (GDP) data followed a revision to the January-March period's results to 0.6 percent growth, reversing from a previously announced 0.2 percent contraction.
Adjusted for inflation, Japan's GDP in the April-June period increased 0.3 percent from the previous three months, the office said in its preliminary report.
The GDP beat was mainly attributed to resilience in exports. Exports rose 2.0 percent from the previous quarter, while imports gained 0.6 percent. External demand, or exports minus imports, contributed 0.3 percentage points to the quarterly growth, the largest contributor, followed by private investment.
Capital investment, a key driver of domestic demand, rose 1.3 percent compared with the first quarter of 2025, up for the fifth straight quarter, the office said.
Among other key components, private consumption, which accounts for more than half of economic output, edged up 0.2 percent. ■
Taxis drive on a street in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 14, 2025. Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the three months through June, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly expansion, the Cabinet Office reported Friday.
The latest real gross domestic product (GDP) data followed a revision to the January-March period's results to 0.6 percent growth, reversing from a previously announced 0.2 percent contraction.
Adjusted for inflation, Japan's GDP in the April-June period increased 0.3 percent from the previous three months, the office said in its preliminary report. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2025 shows the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the three months through June, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly expansion, the Cabinet Office reported Friday.
The latest real gross domestic product (GDP) data followed a revision to the January-March period's results to 0.6 percent growth, reversing from a previously announced 0.2 percent contraction.
Adjusted for inflation, Japan's GDP in the April-June period increased 0.3 percent from the previous three months, the office said in its preliminary report. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
