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Japan’s Trade Deficit Balloons To Record High
Japan’s Trade Deficit Balloons To Record High
Japan’s Trade Deficit Balloons To Record High
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says its trade deficit ballooned to a record high 1.48 trillion yen ($18.7 billion) in January, the biggest in the three decades that such data became available. The numbers released Monday by the Ministry of Finance highlight this nation's surging import of fuel after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster sent a nuclear plant into meltdown...