Japan ran its biggest trade deficit in a single month in eight years in January as high energy costs swelled imports and manufacturers struggled with global supply constraints, causing a decline in car shipments.
The growing trade deficit highlights the world’s third-largest economy’s vulnerability to soaring commodity costs and slowing demand from giant neighbor China as the economy there struggles to maintain momentum.
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