Japan posts surprising 2% economic growth
International Herald Tribune--14 Feb
... Gloomy signs are everywhere in Japan: Unemployment is higher than it has been at any time since World War II and is still rising, while wages and household ...The Japanese economy expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2 percent in the quarter that ended Dec. 31 compared with the previous quarter, the government said Friday, defying projections that growth had stalled and that the fourth recession in a decade had begun...