Japan's Trade Deficit Jumps to Record High of 73Bln in First Half of 2022 Fiscal Year

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan's trade deficit skyrocketed to 11 trillion yen ($73.37 billion) in the first half of the 2022 fiscal year that started on April 1 — a record high since 1979, when Tokyo started to collect such statistics, the Japanese Finance Ministry said on Thursday.