TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's current account surplus dropped to a more than five-year low in the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic took a severe toll on the nation's exports, the government said in a report on Tuesday.
According to the Finance Ministry, in the first half of 2020, the current account surplus stood at 7.31 trillion yen (68.74 billion U.S. dollars), marking its lowest level since the second half of 2014.
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