The quarterly slide, an annualized drop of 27.8 percent, coincides with a long and uncertain road to recovery
A train station in Osaka, Japan, March 25, 2020. Japan’s economy shrank by 7.8 percent in the second quarter of the year, posting its worst performance on record as the coronavirus pandemic ground economic activity to a near halt in April and May. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
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