Tourism Recovery Helps Japan Grow in First Quarter

Gross domestic product rose at 1.6% annualized pace in January-March period

Foreign visitors have begun flooding back into Japan after travel restrictions were lifted last year. Photo: richard a. brooks/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

TOKYO—Japan’s economy showed a bigger-than-expected upswing in the first quarter, helped by a recovery in tourism that offset sluggishness in some leading economies.

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