Tokyo, Dec 3 (IANS) Capital spending by Japanese firms was up 2.2 percent in the three months through September from a year earlier, according to government data.
Business investment by all non-financial sectors for purposes such as building plants and introducing new equipment totalled 8.81 trillion yen (about $106.89 billion), the finance ministry said.
The data will affect revisions to Japan’s economic growth figures, the revised third-quarter gross domestic product, which the Cabinet Office is set to release Dec 10, reported Xinhua.
