DESPITE being written off by sceptics as an economic wasteland for the past three decades, Japan has often managed to scrape by, and has even enjoyed periods of sustained growth.
The Covid-19 pandemic will test whether the country really has nine lives. Gross domestic product shrank at annualised rate of 27.8% in the second quarter, the government reported yesterday.
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