Growth in public investment drove Japan's economic expansion in the first quarter, overcoming the impact of U.S.-China trade tensions
The economy expanded an annualized 2.1% during the January-March period, following 1.6% revised growth in the previous quarter. Most economists had forecast that the first-quarter figure would be flat or slightly negative.
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