![Uncredited FILE - A monitor shows U.S. dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate in Tokyo Monday, April 29, 2024. The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of this year, as consumption and exports declined, the government said Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3bf011c8d7ba4988af26ec120780b594/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A monitor shows U.S. dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate in Tokyo Monday, April 29, 2024. The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of this year, as consumption and exports declined, the government said Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
![Eugene Hoshiko FILE - People walk across a pedestrian crossing in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on March 31, 2023. The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of this year, as consumption and exports declined, the government said Thursday, May 16, 2024.
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7a3eb8b094b745c1b427a2c0c503394a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People walk across a pedestrian crossing in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on March 31, 2023. The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of this year, as consumption and exports declined, the government said Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)