TOKYO, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government said Thursday that its economy grew an annualized 0.7 percent in the April-June quarter in inflation-adjusted terms, marking a minor increase from its preliminary report released last month.
The expansion of Japan's economy, the third-largest in the world, in real gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced domestically, corresponded to a 0.2-percent increase from the April-June period, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.
On Aug. 15, the government said in a preliminary report that Japan's economy grew an annualized real 0.2 percent in the reporting quarter.
