The Japan News | Japan logs 1st trade surplus since 2012, helped by crude oil The Japan News Jiji Press Japan enjoyed its first customs-cleared trade surplus in two years and nine months in March, chiefly thanks to a slump in crude oil prices, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. In the whole of fiscal 2014, Japan ran a trade deficit for the ... Oil-Price Slide Helps Japan Notch First Trade Surplus Since 2012 Japan logs 1st trade surplus in nearly 3 years on cheap oil Cheap oil gives Japan 1st trade surplus in nearly 3 years |