Record Japan Trade Surplus
United Press International
TOKYO —
Japan’s overall trade surplus swelled to a record $8.92 billion in September, one year after the yen began rising in a strategy designed to trim the nation’s trade imbalance, the Finance Ministry said today.
The surplus with the United States also rose to a monthly record of $4.8 billion at a time when Japan’s biggest trading partner is pressuring Tokyo to take further steps to ease its export drive and increase imports.
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