Japan - the world's third-largest economy - shrank in the third quarter for the first time since last year.<br /><br />The figures add to signs that slowing global growth and tensions with China are nudging the country towards recession.<br /><br />The fall in GDP by just under one percent was expected, though a decline in capital expenditure was much steeper than forecast.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/