The Finance Ministry said Japan ran a current-account surplus of 4.06 trillion yen in August, about 25 billion dollars, wider than a year earlier as primary income rose.
Japan posted a current-account surplus of 4.06 trillion yen in August, about 25 billion dollars, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, Kyodo News reported. The current account is one of the broadest measures of trade and income flows with the rest of the world.
Trading Economics, citing the ministry, put the surplus at 4,062 billion yen, up from 3,628.1 billion yen in August 2025 and above a market forecast near 3,194 billion yen. Primary income rose to 5,133.2 billion yen from 4,222.7 billion 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 same compilation said. The goods account swung to a deficit of 687.7 billion yen from a surplus of 113.8 billion yen.
Exports rose 16.9 percent, helped by demand for electronics tied to artificial intelligence, while imports rose faster, at 26.7 percent, partly on higher crude-oil purchases. The ministry figure is for August and was released in October.
The release is a monthly balance-of-payments print. It is not a forecast for the fiscal year.