Economics
Japan’s Factory Output Slides Under Pressure From Global Slump
An employee works on the production line of a factory in Kawaguchi, Japan.
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Japan’s factory output suffered its second-largest drop in the last five years in June as trade tensions and a slowdown in the global economy dragged exports lower for a seventh straight month. Unemployment, by contrast, fell back to its lowest level in about 26 years.