TOKYO: Japan has sidestepped its second recession in as many years after revised data on Tuesday showed that the economy actually grew last quarter.

The stronger-than-expected revision of a 0.3 percent expansion for the July-September period comes several weeks after initial estimates showed a 0.2 percent contraction—the second consecutive quarterly decline.

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