Japan’s current account surplus rose 33.8 percent in November from a year earlier to 1.497 trillion yen, marking a fifth straight month of expansion, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday in a preliminary report.
The increase underscored a continued decline in overseas tourism following the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome last year. It also came after a drop in imports outpaced a decrease in exports in the reporting month.
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