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Japan's Q2 2026 (April) durable goods spending declined 9.8% year-over-year, marking a sharp reversal from the previous value of a 39.0% YoY increase. Although external data shows that the decline in overall household spending narrowed in April, durable goods faced an overdraft effect from pull-forward purchases driven by earlier price hike expectations, leading to a significant cooling in short-term consumption momentum.