Japanese industrial output jumped nearly 6 per cent in May from the month before, matching the growth recorded for April.
The official figures, released yesterday, underscore increasing confidence that the worst of the slump is over for the world's second-largest economy.
However, while the sharp recovery in production by manufacturers means that a return to growth in gross domestic product is increasingly assured for the second quarter of 2009, analysts said Japan's longer-term recovery appears underpowered and vulnerable.
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