But like France and Germany who did the same last week, it's debatable whether this will last or if it's a timeout before the next dip. Reuters:
Japan's economy grew 0.9 percent in the three months to June, marking the first expansion in five quarters on the back of exports and government stimulus spending, but analysts say it will be a long road to a sustained recovery.
The growth in the world's No.2 economy provided further evidence that the worst of the damage wrought by a global financial crisis may be over, but analysts and policy-makers are wary about the outlook, which depends on a recovery in world demand.
The preliminary figure, which fell slightly short of a median market forecast of a 1.0 percent increase, puts Japan in the first camp of G7 countries that have pulled out of recession, along with Germany and France.
