nhk world, pattaya. >>> saving 60 is a good start and hopefully more will be saved. with that we wrap up our bulletin in bangkok. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >> thanks, patchari. >>> the economy shrank. the japanese government said on friday that the economy declined by an annualized rate of 2 minnesota 1% in the quarter. that's down from the preliminary report of minus 1.3% given in august. the nation's economy posted a third straight quarter of declines. the largest factor was the decrease in cap pal spending as the march 11th disaster dam opinioned corporate sentiment. it came it to be 0.9d% compared to the rating of positive 2 pont 0%. but in the following quarter, economic growth is expected to pick up as quake-related reconstruction will have propped up demand. >>> china's consumer prices in august rose 6.2% from a year ago, easing for the first time in two months. the national bureau of statistics released the data on friday. the pace of advance marked a third straight raise but rose slightly by 0.3 percentage points from july. looking on, food prices c