Japan’s service sector contracts


TOKYO: Japan’s service sector activity extended declines in March as businesses struggled to fully shake off the impact of the coronavirus pandemic but the pace of the downturn is the slowest since January last year.

Some businesses said that an easing of coronavirus-related curbs that were imposed from early January for Tokyo and other prefectures led to a modest recovery in demand.

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