80% of major Japanese firms expect economy to grow in 2018: survey

Over 80 percent of major Japanese companies expect the country's economy to grow toward the end of this year but most of them do not see the growth lasting beyond the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.Some 82 percent of 113 companies surveyed in July, including Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Corp., said the economy will expand or expand moderately in 2018, citing increasing corporate investment and improving personal spending, despite uncertainties stoked by U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy.The upbeat outlook comes with the J…READ FULL ARTICLE