Japan logs first half-year trade surplus since Fukushima

Japan posted its first half-year trade surplus since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which sent the country`s energy import bills soaring, data showed Monday.

Tokyo: Japan posted its first half-year trade surplus since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which sent the country`s energy import bills soaring, data showed Monday.

The world`s third largest economy logged a January-June surplus of 1.8 trillion yen ($17.06 billion), against a 1.69 trillion yen deficit in the same period last year.

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