Japan's trade surplus rose 0.9 percent in February from a year earlier to ¥970.0 billion on firm auto exports to emerging economies, but U.S.-bound shipments fell for the sixth straight month amid the subprime crisis, the Finance Ministry sai... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Wed, Mar 26 2008
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