Rising oil prices hit Japan's trade surplus
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Japan's trade surplus in August fell sharply for the first decline in 14 months as higher costs for imported oil combined with weaker export growth, prompting concerns about the country's economic outlook, the finance ministry said.
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A monthly deficit on its oil balance saw the UK's worldwide trade gap widen to its highest level since January.
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Rising energy costs triggered the biggest jump in Japanese consumer prices in almost a decade while industrial production slumped, the government said Friday, clouding the outlook for the world's No. 2 economy.
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The Nikkei average rose one percent in  early Friday trade after Japanese GDP data, although weak,  confounded some players' fears of a contraction and drew buyers  back to brokers and tech shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.91 percent  in early trade on Monday after crude oil dropped back from  record highs above $49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to  return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.
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Japan's trade surplus in July rose a sharper-than-expected 44.2 percent on the back of record Asia-bound exports but some economists warned exports may slow later this year as China's economy cools.
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Japan's trade surplus expanded for the 13th straight month in July due to rising exports of automobiles and high-technology products to Asia, the United States and Europe.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed up 0.75  percent on Wednesday, rising for a fourth day after an advance  in U.S. blue chips to their highest in three and a half years  offset an unexpected drop in Japan's trade surplus.
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BEIJING, March 12--China reported that its trade surplus in February surged ninefold from the same period a year earlier to $23.76 billion -- one of the highest monthly totals ever -- as top Chinese government officials reaffirmed promises to take measures to try to halt the widening gap.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.70 percent  in mid-morning trade on Tuesday, as shares of exporters such as  Toyota Motor Corp. came under pressure after a rise in crude  oil to another record high.
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The trade deficit jumped to the second-highest level in history as surging demand for foreign oil swamped a small gain in US exports, the government reported Thursday.
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Exports from Japan hit their highest level for more than 50 years in September, but rising oil prices and imports could spell trouble ahead.
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Japan posted a trade surplus of 4.4 billion yen ($36.41 million) in January, reversing a deficit of 354 billion yen in the month a year earlier, government data showed. Analysts had expected a deficit of 150 billion yen. Japan logged its first monthly trade deficit in five years in January last year. Exports in January rose 18.9 percent from a year earlier, while imports were up 10.9 percent. Exports to the United States increased 5.5 percent from a year earlier, to 1.2541 trillion yen, while those to China rose 50.8 percent, to 893.5 billion yen.
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Japan's trade surplus shrank 20% in December as exports fell and high oil prices increased the value of imports.
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The US trade deficit jumped to the second-highest level in history as surging demand for foreign oil swamped a small gain in US exports, the government reported.
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As oil prices keep setting new record highs, there are growing concerns that Asia's energy-hungry economies can no longer continue absorbing the impact with crude creeping toward 60 dollars a barrel.
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Japan's trade surplus hits a 24-year high as exports to Asia and Europe offset a fall in sales to the US.