Amid the trade spat,... data shows that Japan's total exports fell for the sixth-consecutive month in May.<br />According to the Korea International Trade Association,... Japanese exports in May were tallied at roughly.... 54 billion U.S. dollars,... down almost eight percent on-year.<br />Tokyo's outbound shipments have steadily declined... since December of last year.<br />Analysts have pointed to slow global growth and falling exports to China,... as the main contributing factors.<br />They say,... Japan's situation isn't likely to improve in the second half of the year,... because of its trade conflict with Korea,... one of Tokyo's main export destinations.<br />
