貿易収支は輸出３１４０億ドル、輸入２３０億ドルで、７６０億ドルの黒字を計上した。の英語

The trade balance registered a surplus of $76 billion, with exports reaching $314 billion and imports $238 billion.

The economic outlook is bright because GDP (gross domestic product) in the April-June quarter showed an annual growth rate of 3.9 percent.

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) exhibited Japanese fruits and processed agricultural products at the China AG Trade Fair.

According to the report, in this situation, it is necessary to increase income tax, and increase the consumption tax to 10 percent or more.

The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales.

Among all taxpayers, 869 people paid more than 100 million yen, and 107 paid more than 300 million yen in income tax.

Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier.

Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.

The Japanese Cabinet Office recently announced that Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) for 2010 was 479.22 trillion yen (about 5.47 trillion dollars).

Taking into account the continued steady rise of unemployment in the current economic climate, the government issued some new economic measures.

Last year, June sales dropped by 18.6 percent from May, but this year, the decrease was only 3.3 percent.

Travelers were motivated to come to Japan by a weaker yen, the expansion of airline routes, and the relaxation of visa requirements for visitors from several Southeast Asian countries.

It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan.

They demanded that Japan should continue its voluntary [self‐imposed] restraints on the number of motorcars exported [shipped] to the U.S. in the coming year.

The U.S. dollar dipped against the Japanese yen, momentarily hitting a record low of ￥98 on the Tokyo foreign exchange yesterday.

To calculate the current replacement cost of a product, the inflation rate and other factors impacting the time value of money should be excluded.

The total sales in Japan for this fiscal year are expected to be about one billion yen, and in fiscal 2005 they are expected to reach about 20 billion yen.

Employee earnings are composed of not just salary, but also including employer expenditures such as social security and all sorts of insurance.

The Earth Policy Institute in the United States recently reported that world bicycle production in 2000 climbed to 101 million, more than double the production of automobiles.

That is almost equivalent to the market capitalization of McDonald's Corporation, the world-famous fast food company, and more than the capitalization of Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet mail-order company.

But in a public opinion poll done at the end of July, 45 percent answered that they are "in worse economic condition than a year ago."

Annual department store sales in 2008 were less than those of convenience stores for the first time since statistics were first kept in 1998.

Of the top 100 taxpayers, 15 earned their income in businesses related to health and beauty, such as cosmetic surgery and sales of health foods and cosmetics.

while the European and developing countries want more control over financial markets, the United States opposes greater international regulation.

He also said it was necessary to expand food aid, to stimulate small farm production and to minimize export restrictions and import tariffs.

A Group of Twenty (G-20) summit on financial markets and the world economy was held on Nov. 14 and 15 in Washington, D.C., the United States.

Toyota estimates automobile sales in China will reach 10 million in 2010, and aims to have a 10 percent share of the market by then.

Due to various setbacks like the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the goal took three years longer than expected.

Its gross domestic product (G.D.P.) is over 9.5 trillion euros, the world’s second largest after the United States.

Although China's economy is now larger than Japan's, Japan's per capita GDP is about 10 times greater than China's.