Exporter Japan eyes first trade deficit in 3 decades
A worker stands on a ship in front of a cargo ship at a port in Tokyo August 18, 2011.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan probably produced its first trade deficit last year in more than three decades as energy imports surged to cover for the loss of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, a major blow to an economy built on its exports prowess.
Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai
Stanley White
TOKYO
Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:20am EST
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-japan-economy-trade-idUSTRE80N0QX20120124