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Japan posts current account deficit for first time in 2 years

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Japan recorded a current account deficit in January for the first time in two years as a weak yen inflated the cost of imports.

Imports rose 17.7% in January from a year earlier , while exports rose 2.1% .

A boost in imports of smartphones and electronic parts in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday pushed up imports.

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