Japan’s economy  Next, I will outline the current situation of and outlook for Japan’s economy. A. The economy: recovering moderately, but with the self-sustaining momentum still weak  Japan’s economy has been showing signs of a moderate recovery supported by the continued improvement in overseas economic conditions mentioned earlier.
The real GDP growth rate for the April-June quarter of 2010 in the second preliminary estimate was 1.5 percent on an annualized quarter-on-quarter basis, showing a clear deceleration in growth compared to the previous two quarters.