Japan to amend first-quarter GDP calculation method to better reflect coronavirus impact

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Tuesday it will change the way it compiles preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) data for the January to March period to better reflect the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.Japan expanded a state of emergency to the whole nation earlier this month that asks people to stay home and businesses to close or scale down temporarily, further damaging an economy already on the brink of recession.The Cabinet Office said it usually uses data from January..