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Japan logs record $134B trade deficit in FY 2013

By Elaine Kurtenbach
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit surged nearly 70 percent to a record 13.75 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the last fiscal year, the third straight year of deficit, as exports failed to keep pace with surging energy costs.

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