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Japan records 5th straight yearly trade deficit
Japan's export growth slowed to 5.1% in December 2025 with U.S. shipments falling 11.1%, while imports rose 5.1%, marking a fifth straight annual trade deficit, officials said.
- Thursday's data showed Japan posted a fifth straight annual trade deficit in 2025, with a 105.7 billion yen surplus in December, 12% smaller than last year.
- Exports rose 6.1% in December 2025, falling short of Reuters-polled analysts' 6.1%, as U.S.-bound shipments declined 11.1%.
- Official numbers confirm that Japan's annual exports rose 6.1%, while December's 105.7 billion yen trade surplus was 12% smaller than last year.
- As Japan heads to snap elections on Feb. 8, the trade data arrives with the Lower House set to be dissolved Friday, and Sam Jochim says a Takaichi win `poses the potential for a more expansive fiscal policy`.
- Broader pressures include United States tariffs at 15% after a trade deal and China’s export controls on rare earths, which risk disrupting Japanese automakers’ supply chains.
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Japan records 5th straight yearly trade deficit
Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth year straight in 2025, according to government data, as concerns continued to grow over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the political rift with neighboring China.
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According to the 2025 trade statistics (preliminary, customs clearance basis) released by the Ministry of Finance on the 22nd, the trade balance, which is exports minus imports, was a deficit of 2.6507 trillion yen. This is the fifth consecutive year of a deficit, and the deficit size is a 52.9% decrease from the previous year. Exports to the United States fell 4.1% to 20.414 trillion yen.
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