While exports to Asia and the United States were firm, growth in domestic demand was flat as bad weather hurt sales at restaurants, Motegi told a news conference.
"Taken together, the recovery (in domestic demand) is continuing," he said after the release of third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data. (Reporting by Leika Kihara, Tetsushi Kajimoto and Minami Funakoshi; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)Japan economy minister Motegi: Economy recovering moderately as a trend
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