Japan's current account shrinks 63.1 pct in first half of 2022
TOKYO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan posted a current account surplus of 3.51 trillion yen (25.96 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2022 from a year earlier, down 63.1 percent, as rising prices for oil and a weak yen expanded a goods trade deficit, the government said in a report on Monday.
According to the Finance Ministry, the country had a goods trade deficit of 5.67 trillion yen (41.93 billion dollars) i