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Japan's economy in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 3.4 percent from the previous quarter due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a significant contraction for the second consecutive quarter that pushes the world's third-largest economy into recession, government data showed Monday. 周一，日本政府的数据显示，受全球新冠疫情影响，日本一月份至三月份的经济环比下降3.4个百分点，这个全球第三大经济体连续第二季度大幅萎缩，陷入衰退。 The data showed gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced in the country, corresponded to a 0.9 percent decrease on a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis. 数据表明，按季节性调整的季度计算，国内生产总值，也就是国内生产的产品和服务的总价值，下降了0.9%。 Japan now meets the technical definition of a recession of at least two consecutive quarters of negative GDP -- following a 7.3 percent slump during October-December -- for the first time since the fourth quarter in 2017. 日本十月份至十二月份的GDP就曾下降7.3%，现在符合至少连续两个季度GDP出现负增长的技术定义，这还是2017年第四季度以来首次出现这一情况。 The economy is also highly likely to contract for a third consecutive quarter in the April-June period, probably falling at its fastest pace in the postwar years due to the impact of the virus, with some private-sector e-conomists forecasting annualized contraction of over 20 percent in those three months. | 
