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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, May 18

TOKYO — Japan’s economy contracted a real 0.2 percent from the previous quarter, the equivalent of an annualized 1.0 percent, in the January-March period, the government said in a report on Wednesday.

According to the Cabinet Office, this was the first contraction for Japan in two quarters of real gross domestic product, which is the total of goods and services produced in a country and adjusted for inflation.