Japan Logs First Half-year Trade Surplus Since Fukushima

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Japan logs first half-year trade surplus since Fukushima

TOKYO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th july, 2016) - Japan posted its first half-year trade surplus since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which sent the country's energy import bills soaring, data showed Monday. The world's third largest economy logged a January-June surplus of 1.8 trillion Yen ($17.06 billion), against a 1.69 trillion yen deficit in the same period last year.