Japan's gross domestic product was upwardly revised for the second quarter of 2015, the Cabinet Office said on Tuesday - but the country's economy still fell into contraction, contracting 0.3 percent on quarter.
That's an upward revision from -0.4 percent in last month's preliminary reading, and it beat forecasts for -0.5 percent.
GDP had expanded 1.1 percent on quarter in the three months prior.
On a yearly basis, GDP contracted 1.2 percent - but that also was upwardly revised from the preliminary reading of -1.6 percent, and it beat forecasts for -1/8 percent.
In the first quarter, GDP climbed an upwardly revised 4.5 percent on year (originally 3.9 percent).
Nominal GDP was revised up to 0.1 percent from the preliminary flat reading. It follows the downwardly revised 2.1 percent jump in the three months prior (originally 2.3 percent).
Business spending was down 0.9 percent on quarter, in line with expectations and revised down from -0.1 percent. It follows the downwardly revised 2.6 percent increase in Q1 (originally 2.7 percent).
Private consumption slid 0.7 percent on quarter, beating forecasts for a fall of 0.8 percent after rising an upwardly revised 0.4 percent in the first quarter (originally 0.3 percent).
The GDP deflator was up 1.5 percent on year - missing forecasts for 1.6 percent, which would have been unrevised after climbing 3.5 percent in the first quarter.
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