Japan is struggling with its economy as the country hosts the yearly meeting of the G-7 industrialized nations. Japan has the world’s third-largest economy, behind the U.S. and China. Many countries copied Japan when it had a strong and growing economy. Japan has been dealing with deflation for many years. Deflation is “a decrease in the amount of available money or credit in an economy that causes prices to go down.” Deflation can often cause a recession. The population in Japan is growing older and the country is not diverse. Most people in the country are ethnic Japanese. Last year, people in Japan criticized Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, for not being “Japanese enough.” She has a Japanese mother and a black American father. Many Japanese also do not support mass immigration, which other countries have used to make up for, or balance, the effects of a declining and aging population.
Title: Japanese Economy Remains Weak
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/j_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Japanese Economy Remains Weak' data-article-id='1576'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10521'>Japan is struggling with its economy as the country hosts the yearly meeting of the G-7 industrialized nations.</span> <span data-start-time='10521' data-end-time='17542'>Japan has the world’s third-largest economy, behind the U.S. and China.</span> <span data-start-time='17542' data-end-time='24229'>Many countries copied Japan when it had a strong and growing economy.</span> <span data-start-time='24229' data-end-time='29438'>Japan has been dealing with deflation for many years.</span> <span data-start-time='29438' data-end-time='40125'>Deflation is “a decrease in the amount of available money or credit in an economy that causes prices to go down.”</span> <span data-start-time='40125' data-end-time='44125'>Deflation can often cause a recession.</span> <span data-start-time='44125' data-end-time='51625'>The population in Japan is growing older and the country is not diverse.</span> <span data-start-time='51625' data-end-time='54979'>Most people in the country are ethnic Japanese.</span> <span data-start-time='54979' data-end-time='65521'>Last year, people in Japan criticized Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, for not being “Japanese enough.”</span> <span data-start-time='65521' data-end-time='71188'>She has a Japanese mother and a black American father.</span> <span data-start-time='71188' data-end-time='86042'>Many Japanese also do not support mass immigration, which other countries have used to make up for, or balance, the effects of a declining and aging population.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/jap_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6304 data-hint-location='44125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/what_does_diverse_mean.m4a'>What does diverse mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='made up of things that are different'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/to_be_the_host_of_an_event.m4a'><span>to be the host of an event</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/to_try_very_hard.m4a'><span>to try very hard</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/to_deal_with.m4a'><span>to deal with</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/made_up_of_things_that_are_different.m4a'><span>made up of things that are different</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6305 data-hint-location='24229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/what_has_japan_been_struggling_with.m4a'>What has Japan been struggling with?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='deflation'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/elation.m4a'><span>elation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/stabilization.m4a'><span>stabilization</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/deflation.m4a'><span>deflation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/inflation.m4a'><span>inflation</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=6306 data-hint-location='10521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/japan_has_the_worlds__blank__largest_economy.m4a'>Japan has the world's <span class='blank'>third</span> largest economy.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='third'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/third.m4a'><span>third</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/first.m4a'><span>first</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/second.m4a'><span>second</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1090/tenth.m4a'><span>tenth</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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