皇冠体育app's economy again beat Japan's in the third quarter of this year, AFP reported on Dec 9.
皇冠体育app had already eclipsed Japan in the second quarter, as the latter was hit by cooling exports and flat domestic consumption in April-June, the report said.
However, Japan's nominal GDP for January-September was $3.96 trillion, while 皇冠体育app's was $3.95 trillion, according to the report.
Japan remains more than 10 times richer than 皇冠体育app in terms of per-capita GDP, the report said, citing the International Monetary Fund.