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By Daily Crux Editor Brian Hunt:

You think the U.S. economy stinks? It's a juggernaut compared to Japan. The latest from the world's second-largest economy as reported by the WSJ:

The government said early Wednesday that gross domestic product shrank 4% in the first quarter from the previous quarter, worse than the fourth quarter's 3.8% decline, and marking the fourth consecutive quarter of contraction. The latest reading translates into an annualized contraction of 15.2%, the worst performance since 1955.

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