日本陷入經濟衰退了

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.
週一，日本政府的數據顯示，受全球新冠疫情影響，日本一月份至三月份的經濟環比下降3.4個百分點，這個全球第三大經濟體連續第二季度大幅萎縮，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.
數據表明，按季節性調整的季度計算，國內生產總值，也就是國內生產的產品和服務的總價值，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%，現在符合至少連續兩個季度GDP出現負增長的技術定義，這還是2015年第四季度以來首次出現這一情況。
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.
經濟衰退也很有可能延續到四月份至六月份的第三連續季度，受病毒影響可能會是戰後下降速度最快的時期。一些私營機構經濟學家預測那三個月的年收縮率會超過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於《共同通訊社》統計的私營機構經濟學家此前預測的平均5%的年化實際收縮率。
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."
西村康稔是負責經濟和財政政策的大臣，他在新聞發佈會上說四月份至六月份的GDP情況將比一月份至三月份更嚴重，經濟將“暫時大幅度放緩”。