"Japan's trade surplus with the rest of Asia grew 28.5% to 521.6 billion yen, up for the fourth month in a row" August 2006, according to Finance Ministry report.
Source: Surplus saw 95.5% jump in August
Japan times online
Friday September 22, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/egi-bin/nb20060922a2.html
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