日 상반기 무역흑자 87.4% 감소…한국•중국 수출 부진 영향 탓<br /><br />Japan's current account surplus shrank on-year in the first half of this year,... due to sluggish exports to Asian countries.... amid trade tensions between the U.S. and China... as well as with South Korea.<br />According to a report by Japan's finance ministry on Thursday,... the current account surplus was down FOUR percent from the previous year... to nearly 99 billion U.S. dollars from January to June.<br />The goods trade surplus dropped sharply... due to a fall in shipments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and auto parts to South Korea and China.<br />Japan's exports fell by five percent and imports fell by one percent on-year. <br />
