[Tokyo=AP/Newsis] On the 11th, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced that the current account surplus for the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (April to September) amounted to 144 trillion 2.7 billion won, a 12.3% increase compared to the same period last year. The photo shows a view of downtown Ginza, Tokyo, on March 31 of last year. November 11, 2024.
[Seoul=Newsis] Reporter Kim Yejin – On the 11th, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced that the current account surplus for the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (April 2024 to March 2025) was 144 trillion 2.7 billion won, a 12.3% increase compared to the same period last year.
According to reports from Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Jiji Press, and others, the Ministry of Finance released preliminary statistics of the international balance of payments for the first half of the 2024 fiscal year (April to September) and stated this.
This current account surplus is the largest in history on a half-year basis.
The current account balance for September, announced simultaneously, showed a surplus of 1 trillion 7.171 billion yen (approximately 15 trillion 6.5 billion won).
The current account consists of the trade balance (exports minus imports), the service balance, which includes travel receipts, and the primary income balance, which reflects investment transactions with foreign countries.