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SURPLUS

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.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2014
Shrinking current account surplus
Japan's current account surplus for fiscal 2013 falls sharply from the peak reached just six years ago, indicating that the old export-driven model of economic growth may be over.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 12, 2014
Current account surplus fell 81.3% in fiscal 2013 to hit ¥789.9 billion
Japan's current account surplus in fiscal 2013 was the smallest since comparable data became available in fiscal 1985, as soaring fossil fuel imports drove up the nation's trade deficit amid the prolonged halt of nuclear power plants, government data showed Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2014
The irrelevant German consumer shines on
With regard to global rebalancing, the German consumer is a sideshow. What is needed is an investment surge in Germany and Europe, and a coordinated exit from ultra-loose monetary policies.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2014
February current account rebounds for first surplus in five months
The nation's current account rebounded into surplus in February from a record deficit the previous month as income from overseas investments outweighed deficits in trade and services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2013
Key trade gauge logs surprise rise in half
The current account surplus rose in the first six months of fiscal 2013, the first surge in six half-year periods, as growth in direct investment income outweighed a trade deficit triggered by a surge in fossil fuel imports, government data showed Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2013
Current account surplus tumbles
As the depreciation of the yen and growing demand for energy drove up import costs, the nation's current account surplus in August plunged 63.7 percent from a year earlier to ¥161.5 billion, government data showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2013
Current account surplus eroded by import costs
Japan's current account surplus shrank 12.9 percent from a year earlier to ¥577.3 billion in July, due mainly to skyrocketing import costs driven by the government's weakening of the yen, government data said Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2013
Current account logs 0.6% first-half surplus
Japan's current account surplus grew 0.6 percent from a year earlier to ¥3.21 trillion for the six months through June, marking the first rise in five half-year periods, government data showed Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 8, 2013
Japan logs current account surplus for fourth straight month
Japan logged a current account surplus for the fourth consecutive month in May as growth in direct investment income outweighed a trade deficit triggered by a rise in fossil fuel imports, government data showed Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 9, 2013
Securities investments buoy current account
Japan logged its first current account surplus in four months in February, with profits from the securities investments income account outweighing the trade deficit, preliminary data showed Monday.
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In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
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Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
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