The Finance Ministry said Japan recorded a 4.06 trillion yen current-account surplus in August, about 25 billion dollars, wider than a year earlier.
Japan posted a current-account surplus of 4.06 trillion yen in August, about 25 billion dollars, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday, Kyodo News reported. That was wider than the 3.63 trillion yen surplus in August 2025.
A compilation of the ministry figures showed the surplus above a market forecast of about 3.19 trillion yen. The primary-income surplus rose to 5.13 trillion yen from 4.22 trillion yen a year earlier. The services deficit narrowed to 115.8 billion yen from 266.7 billion yen, and the secondary-income deficit shrank to 267.7 billion yen from 441.7 billion yen.
The goods account swung to a deficit of 687.7 billion yen from a surplus of 113.8 billion yen a year earlier. Exports rose 16.9 percent, helped by demand for AI-related electronics, while imports rose faster, by 26.7 percent, partly on higher crude-oil purchases.
The August surplus is a monthly balance, not a forecast of the next print. The ministry's next current-account release is scheduled for November.
Kyodo listed the figure in its Thursday digest alongside other domestic items and did not quote a minister on the release.