Japan’s deficit reaches 8-year high as energy imports soar

TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 2.2 trillion yen ($19 billion) trade deficit last month, an eight-year high, as the cost of energy imports soared, the government said Thursday. The Finance Ministry said exports edged up 9.6% in January from the same month the previous year. Imports jumped 39.6%, resulting in the sixth straight month of trade deficits, it said. The amount is the biggest since January 2014, when the trade deficit totaled nearly 2.8 trillion yen. Koya Miyamae, a senior economist at
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