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CURRENT ACCOUNT 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 12, 2016
Current account surplus doubled last year on cheap oil
The nation's current account surplus doubled in fiscal 2015 from the previous year to ¥17.98 trillion, buoyed by lower crude oil prices and a surge in travel surplus on the back of a growing number of foreign tourists, the government said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2016
Nation posts current-account surplus for 20th straight month, but yen poses threat
Japan posted a 20th consecutive current-account surplus, helping an economy that is still struggling to rebound from a contraction in the final quarter of 2015.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2016
Current account surplus continues for 19th month on cheaper oil, tourism surge
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 19th consecutive month in January, the government said Tuesday, with declining crude oil prices driving down imports and a growing number of foreign tourists helping to push travel further into the black.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 8, 2016
Cheap oil boosts Japan's 2015 current account surplus sixfold
The nation's current account surplus grew more than sixfold in 2015 from the previous year to ¥16.64 trillion, boosted by a plunge in crude oil imports and a travel surplus amid the yen's depreciation, government data showed Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 12, 2016
Japan posts 17th straight current-account surplus in November
The nation posted a current account surplus for the 17th consecutive month in November, providing support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to boost the world's third-largest economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2015
Japan logs current account surplus in October for 16th month
The current account surplus grew 72.3 percent from a year earlier in October, the 16th consecutive month of surplus, boosted by plunging oil imports and an increase in the travel surplus, the government said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2015
Current account surplus quadruples in April-September as imports fall
The current account surplus in the April to September period more than quadrupled from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday. There was a notable gain in the travel surplus in addition to a fall in the value of imports due to cheaper crude oil.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2015
Debt and deflation deja vu
Seven years after the global financial crisis, leverage worldwide is higher than ever, and aggregate demand is still insufficient to drive robust growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2015
Japan logs largest January-June current account surplus since 2010
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥8.18 trillion in the January to June period, the largest since the second half of 2010, as lower crude oil prices pushed down imports and income increased on the back of a weaker yen, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 8, 2015
Current account logs surplus for 10th month straight
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 10th consecutive month in April, as declining crude oil prices pushed down imports and the weaker yen boosted income from abroad.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 13, 2015
Nation's current account surplus reaches ¥7.81 trillion
Oil prices pushed down imports and a weaker yen boosted Japan's overseas income, government data showed, marking the first increase in the current account surplus in four years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2015
Current account surplus sees healthy spurt
Japan's current account posted its biggest surplus in over three years in February, as the anemic yen boosted income from abroad while a dip in global crude oil prices drove down imports, the government said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2015
Japan logs current account surplus for seventh month straight
Led by higher exports amid a weaker yen and lower oil imports, Japan logged a current account surplus for the seventh consecutive month in January, with the balance standing at ¥61.4 billion, ($509 million), the government said Monday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2014
Current account posts surplus for fourth straight month
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥833.4 billion in October, the fourth straight month of black ink as income from foreign investment soared to a record high and outweighed a huge trade deficit, the government said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2014
Soaring trade deficit gives Japan record low first-half current account surplus
Japan logged a record low first-half current account surplus of ¥2.024 trillion in the April-September period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2014
Japan posts healthy current account surplus despite ongoing trade deficit
Japan posted a current account surplus of ¥287.1 billion in August for the second straight month of black ink despite a big trade deficit, as income from foreign investments surged to a record high for the month, the government said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2014
Japan current account balance back in black
The nation's current account balance was in the black for the first time in two months in July, hitting ¥416.7 billion as the income from foreign investments rose to a record high for the month, outweighing the trade deficit, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2014
Japan logs largest six-month current account deficit ever
Japan logged a current account deficit of ¥507.5 billion in the first half, the biggest for any six-month period on record, government data showed Friday, underscoring its diminishing ability to earn money abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 8, 2014
Current account surplus in the black for fourth straight month
The nation's current account balance was in the black for the fourth straight month in May, standing at ¥522.8 billion, as imports slid for the first time in 19 months after the April 1 consumption tax hike cooled domestic demand, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 9, 2014
Current account surplus falls 76%
Despite a 76.1 percent plunge in April, Japan's trade balance stays in the black after foreign visitors provide the first travel surplus in 44 years.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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