TOKYO: Japan's economic growth slowed markedly in July-September, revised data showed Monday, highlighting the challenges facing Tokyo's bid to fire up the world's third-largest economy.
However the tax hike is seen as crucial to battling a serious threat to Japan's prospects: a mammoth national debt.
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