Japan's economy is expected to have returned to growth in the final three months of 2025, thanks to vigorous corporate investment and resilient consumption, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms likely expanded an annualised 1.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the median forecast of 16 economists, after a 2.3% drop in July-September, which was the biggest decline in two years. Without annualisation, the October-December growth rate was estimated at 0.4%.