Japan's recession risks grow as economy skids in Q4, virus clouds outlook

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank at the fastest pace in almost six years in the December quarter as last year's sales tax hike hit consumer and business spending, highlighting a fragile outlook made worse by growing coronavirus risks.Analysts say the widening fallout from the epidemic, which is damaging output and tourism, could undermine growth in the current quarter and push Japan into recession - defined as two straight quarters of decline."There's a pretty good chance the economy..