Japan enters recession again as Abenomics falters

Economics minister Akira Amari urges Japanese firms to use their record cash holdings to raise wages and increase capital spending

Japan's recovery is being held back by a shortage of skilled labour, a leading minister has claimed, after the world's third-largest economy entered its fourth technical recession in five years.

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