Diplomatic row with South Korea starts to hurt Japan's current account surplus
Japan's surplus in spending by overseas travelers declined in July from a year earlier as the number of visitors from South Korea tumbled, a sign the souring bilateral relations are taking a toll on the world's third-largest economy. The travel account surplus — or the ...
Japan's current account surplus in April shrank amid weak exports to China
Japan's current account surplus declined for the second straight month in April to ¥1.71 trillion ($15.7 billion), due partly to sluggish exports to China, government data showed Monday. The surplus in the current account, one of the widest gauges of international trade, marked the 58th ...
Japan's current account surplus shrinks first time in five years
The surplus in the current account shrank for the first time in five years in fiscal 2018 to ¥19.41 trillion as China's economic slowdown curbed growth in exports and higher oil prices boosted imports, government data showed Tuesday. The surplus in the current account, one ...
Japan records another month of black ink with ¥1.84 trillion current account surplus
Japan logged a current account surplus of ¥1.84 trillion in August, marking the 50th straight month of black ink, government data showed Tuesday. But the margin of surplus in the current account, one of the widest gauges of international trade, shrank 23.4 percent from a ...
Japan's current account surplus drops to ¥2.01 trillion in July, government data shows
Japan's current account surplus dropped 14.4 percent to ¥2.01 trillion ($18.12 billion) in July from a year earlier as goods trade registered red ink for the first time in two months on oil import surges, government data showed Monday. The country had a goods trade ...
Japan's current account stays in black at ¥1.85 trillion but down from April '17
Japan reported a current account surplus of ¥1.85 trillion ($16.86 billion) in April — marking the 46th straight month of a positive figure for the economic indicator — as a result of the country's robust exports, government data showed Friday. But the surplus shrank by ...
Japan's current account surplus shrinks to ¥2.08 trillion in February
Japan reported a current account surplus of ¥2.08 trillion ($19 billion) in February, with the figure having shrunk from a year ago due to a smaller trade surplus and a stronger yen, government data showed Monday. Despite a 28.7 percent drop in the current account ...
Japan posts biggest January current account surplus since 2011
The current account surplus grew to ¥607.4 billion ($5.7 billion) in January, its highest for the month since 2011, thanks to strong exports in Asia, government data showed Thursday. The surplus rose year on year for the first time in three months, marking a more ...
Japan posts current account surplus of ¥1.35 trillion in November
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥1.35 trillion ($12 billion) in November on robust earnings from foreign investments, marking the 41st straight month of black ink, government data showed Friday. But the surplus shrank 5.6 percent from a year ago as trade-reliant Japan had ...
Japan's current account surplus sets 10-year high in first half of 2017
The current account surplus expanded in the January-June period to its highest level since 2007 as earnings from foreign investments moved further into the black offset a rise in energy prices that made imports more expensive, government data showed Tuesday. Marking the largest figure since ...
Japan's current account surplus logs first fall in four months as oil prices rise
Japan's current account surplus fell 5.9 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.65 trillion ($14.5 billion) in May, logging the first decrease in four months as higher crude oil prices pushed up imports, government data showed Monday. The country posted a current account surplus for ...
Travel surplus breaks record in April, lifting current account surplus to decade high
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥1.95 trillion ($18 billion) in April, the highest for the month since 2007, as the travel surplus swelled to a record high even as the trade surplus shrank, government data showed Thursday. A current account surplus was posted ...
