Japan’s Matsuno: Growth in GDP attributed to lifting covid state of emergency

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno is making some comments on the Ukraine crisis and the economic outlook, in an appearance on Tuesday.

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“The government is strongly urging diplomatic negotiations to resolve Ukraine crisis.”

“Growth in GDP attributed to lifting covid state of emergency, improvement in supply chain constraint from southeast Asia.”

“While the economy outlook continues to be upward, we need to be mindful of downside risk such as omicron variant, rise in raw material costs.”