Tokyo, April 17 -- Japan posted some 5.23 trillion yen (36.6 billion U.S. dollars) trade deficit in fiscal 2024, remaining in the red for the fourth consecutive year, government data showed Thursday.
In the fiscal year ending in March, total value of exports rose 5.9 percent to 108.93 trillion yen, rising for the fourth consecutive year and marking the highest level since comparable statistics were first compiled in 1979.
The value of imports, meanwhile, grew 4.7 percent from a year earlier to 114.16 trillion yen, up for the first time in two years, driven by personal computers from the United States and smartphones from China, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report.
By country or region, Japan logged a trade deficit with C...