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TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) – Japanese Economics Minister
Motohisa Furukawa said on Thursday that the economy continued
its uptrend in January-March and that it was expected to see
moderate growth in the second quarter.
Furukawa said in a statement that reconstruction demand and
government subsidies for low emission cars contributed to first
quarter growth, along with a pick up in exports from the Thai
floods and the U.S. economic recovery.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Joseph Radford)
