Industrial output fell the most since the March 2011 disasters, government data showed Wednesday, highlighting the widening impact to the economy of the April 1 consumption tax increase.
Industrial output dropped 3.3 percent in June from May, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said.
The figure is more than twice the median forecast for a 1.2 percent contraction in a Bloomberg survey of 31 economists.
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