On an adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, Japan’s GDP growth for the first quarter of 2014 beat China by .18 percentage points. Japan’s GDP growth for the first quarter of 2014 was 5.9 percent, while China had a growth of 5.72%. However, the sharp increase in GDP for Japan was artificially caused by a rush of purchases ahead of the slated April 1st sales tax hike. Lets give Japan a break for the moment, it's been a long time since Japan has beating China in the economic realm. https://twitter.com/TomOrlik!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");Tom Orlik@TomOrlik No.1 again - if only for an instant. Japan's GDP growth accelerates ahead of China in first quarter. pic.twitter.com/aBA03PCMjN https://twitter.com/TomOrlik/status/466770044228485120/photo/1/large!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");https://twitter.com/TomOrlik/status/466770044228485120/photo/1/large!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");