current account

Japan’s current account surplus plummets to...
Imports of liquefied natural gas, fuel for thermal power generation, have increased sharply. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
May 10, 2013
Japan’s current account surplus dramatically plummeted in fiscal 2012 on the back of increased fossil fuel costs with most of the nation's nuclear reactors shut down, marking ...
Japan’s economy grew in last quarter of 2012
Shoppers fill the renovated Isetan department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. Personal consumption and corporate spending contributed to expansion of gross domestic product in the October-December quarter. (The Asahi Shimbun)
March 08, 2013
Japan's economy did better than thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expansion instead of shrinking.
EDITORIAL: Trade deficit could be a turning point
January 27, 2012
Japan’s trade balance fell into the red for the first time in 31 years in 2011.
Edano says TPP could stop Japan falling into the red
Yukio Edano (The Asahi Shimbun)
November 04, 2011
Industry minister Yukio Edano said Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade initiative could be crucial to heading off the threat of a public...
Trade deficit for entire fiscal year now looks...
October 25, 2011
Japan looks set to chalk up a trade deficit for the entire fiscal year following an Oct. 24 announcement by the Finance Ministry of red ink for the first half.
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