Japan Current Account Surplus Up 8.2 Pct.
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Japan&#39;s current account surplus expanded 8.2 percent in July from a year earlier for its 13th consecutive month of growth, the government said Thursday.
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Japan's foreign exchange reserves at the end of August rose 8.75 billion dollars from July to a record 827.95 billion dollars for the fourth consecutive monthly rise, the finance ministry said.
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ChinaÂs trade surplus with the world ballooned last month to $18.8 billion as exports soared, according to preliminary customs figures.
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The countryÂs trade surplus narrowed more than expected as American demand cooled, signaling the impetus exports contributed to economic growth last quarter is fading. The trade surplus fell 24.8 percent, to 614.7 billion yen ($5.2 billion) in October from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said. Demand for Japanese exports is cooling after the American market, JapanÂs largest grew at the slowest pace in more than three years.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than  one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2  1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still  looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report Wednesday.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.62 percent by midsession on Thursday as investors, cheered by a jump in U.S. stocks, bought a broad range of shares including those they had avoided recently due partly to doubts about U.S. demand.
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The U.S. current account gap widened again in the second quarter, growing to a record &#36;166.18 billion, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
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Gains in U.S. tech stocks and  increasing economic confidence pushed Asian stock markets  higher on Monday, while a surprisingly large jump in Japan's  current account surplus sapped the dollar.
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Corporate capital investment jumped 16.6 percent in Japan in the April-June quarter from the period a year ago.
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South Korea's trade surplus hits a record level in June, making an interest rate rise more likely at next week's policy meeting.
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Japan's second quarter growth rate is likely to be revised up this week on the back of data showing increased corporate investment in factories and offices along with higher profits.
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Domestic demand will fuel economic growth in Japan in the next financial year, its government says.
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Japan's debt rose 3.7 percent to a new record of 729.228 trillion yen (&#36;6.59 trillion) as of June 30 compared with a year ago, the government said Friday.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2 1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.
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The current account deficit of the United States hit a record high of 164.7 billion US dollars in the third quarter of this year as a result of increasing demand for imported