Japan's economy in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 3.4 percent from the previous quarter due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a significant contraction for the second consecutive quarter that pushes the world's third-largest economy into recession, government data showed Monday.

周一，日本政府的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，受全球新冠疫情影響，日本一月份至三月份的經(jīng)濟(jì)環(huán)比下降3.4個(gè)百分點(diǎn)，這個(gè)全球第三大經(jīng)濟(jì)體連續(xù)第二季度大幅萎縮，陷入衰退。

The data showed gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced in the country, corresponded to a 0.9 percent decrease on a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis.

數(shù)據(jù)表明，按季節(jié)性調(diào)整的季度計(jì)算，國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值，也就是國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的總價(jià)值，下降了0.9%。

Japan now meets the technical definition of a recession of at least two consecutive quarters of negative GDP -- following a 7.3 percent slump during October-December -- for the first time since the fourth quarter in 2015.

日本十月份至十二月份的GDP就曾下降7.3%，現(xiàn)在符合至少連續(xù)兩個(gè)季度GDP出現(xiàn)負(fù)增長的技術(shù)定義，這還是2015年第四季度以來首次出現(xiàn)這一情況。

The economy is also highly likely to contract for a third consecutive quarter in the April-June period, probably falling at its fastest pace in the postwar years due to the impact of the virus, with some private-sector e-conomists forecasting annualized contraction of over 20 percent in those three months.

經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退也很有可能延續(xù)到四月份至六月份的第三連續(xù)季度，受病毒影響可能會(huì)是戰(zhàn)后下降速度最快的時(shí)期。一些私營機(jī)構(gòu)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家預(yù)測(cè)那三個(gè)月的年收縮率會(huì)超過20%。

The January-March outcome was, however, better than the average forecast of a 5.0 percent annualized real contraction made by private-sector e-conomists polled by Kyodo News.

但是一月份至三月份的下降率要好于《共同通訊社》統(tǒng)計(jì)的私營機(jī)構(gòu)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家此前預(yù)測(cè)的平均5%的年化實(shí)際收縮率。

Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, told a press conference that GDP in the April-June period will "get more serious" than the January-March figure, and the economy will "slow down to a considerable extent for the time being."

西村康稔是負(fù)責(zé)經(jīng)濟(jì)和財(cái)政政策的大臣，他在新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說四月份至六月份的GDP情況將比一月份至三月份更嚴(yán)重，經(jīng)濟(jì)將“暫時(shí)大幅度放緩”。