Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on Friday, underscoring the fragile nature of its recovery now under threat from U.

TOKYO—Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and faces a bumpy road ahead due to the impact of U.S. trade policy.Japan’s real gross domestic product declined 0.2% in the January-March period from the previous quarter,

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if the economy rebounds from an expected hit from higher US tariffs, the central bank’s deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said, while warning of a highly uncertain outlook.