Japan’s May factory output posts biggest drop in a year


Japan car production

TOKYO: Japan’s industrial output posted the biggest monthly drop in a year in May, as a sharp fall in car production (pic) threatened to undermine the country’s economic recovery just weeks before Tokyo is set to host the Olympic Games.

The world’s third-largest economy will likely grow at a much slower pace than initially thought in the current quarter in part due to weakness in consumer spending, a poll by economists showed this month.

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