Japan Economy

Japan Economy
In this July 1, 2009, file photo workers walk past a construction site in Tokyo. Japan's economy in the second quarter wasn't quite as weak as first thought, new government figures released Friday Sept. 10, 2010, showed. Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 1.5 percent in the April-June period, an improvement on the meager 0.4 percent reported in last month's preliminary data. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)