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Japan’s economy expanded an annualized real 3.1 percent in the April-June quarter, marking the first growth in two quarters, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. Real gross domestic product, which is adjusted for inflation, increased 0.8 percent from the previous quarter. GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in a country. Annualized nominal GDP, meanwhile, topped 600 trillion yen ($4 trillion) for the first time.

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