Japan's Q1 economy revised to 1.8 pct contraction

TOKYO, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 1.8 percent in the January-March quarter, revised up from the preliminary reading of a 2.0 percent decline, government data showed on Monday.

The Cabinet Office said gross domestic product (GDP), the total value of goods and services produced in a country, contracted less in the first three months of this year than initially reported, as corpor