[originaltext] Officials say Japan lost its place as the world’s No. 2 Econom

Officials say Japan lost its place as the world’s No. 2 Economy to China in the second quarter, as the island nation’s economic growth was very slow. Japan’s Cabinet Office said Monday that gross domestic product rose 0.4 percent in the three months ended June 3, compared with a revised 4.4 percent expansion in the first quarter. Monday’ s report said export growth slowed and consumer spending stopped. The expansion was weaker than economists estimated, with their predictions ranging from 0.6 percent to 3.4 percent. Analysts say China’s economy will almost certainly be bigger than Japan’s at the end of the year, because of the big difference in each country’s growth rates. China is growing at about 10 percent per year, while Japan’ s economy is expected to grow 3 percent this year.
   3. How much was Japan’ s economic growth in the first quarter?
   4. How many reasons does the news item mention for Japan’ s slow economic growth?