Japan’s exports in October fell for the first time in more than a year, stoking worries the world’s third-largest economy may struggle to recover from a recession as weak overseas demand dims the trade outlook. Ministry of Finance data showed that exports fell 2.1 percent in October from a year earlier, matching economists’ median estimate. On the month, exports rose 0.6 percent, marking the first increase in four months. It was the first annual decline since August 2014 when a decline in U.S.-bound exports hurt overall shipments. The soft figures follow just days after third-quarter data showed Japan slipped into its fourth recession in five years, casting doubt about the effectiveness Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reflationary policies known as “Abenomics”. The run of weak data add to doubts the Bank of Japan will be able to accelerate inflation to its ambitious 2 percent target in the latter half of next fiscal year to March 2017. Nonetheless, the central bank is widely expected to keep monetary policy steady at its rate review that ends.