Slack demand hits Japan's exports for third month

Japan's exports fell for a third month in the year to August while manufacturing sentiment hit its lowest since February - more evidence that slackening global demand is taking its toll on the export-reliant economy.

Exports fell 5.8 per cent last month from a year earlier, against a 7.3 per cent drop expected by economists, after posting the sharpest fall in six months in July, government data showed.

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