Japan Trade Recovers as Supply Chain Troubles Ease

Japan Trade Recovers as Supply Chain Troubles Ease
A container ship is docked at a port in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 12, 2021. Koji Sasahara/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

TOKYO—Japan’s exports jumped 20 percent and imports rose at an even faster pace in November as disruptions to manufacturing supply chains eased.

Preliminary trade data reported Thursday showed imports surging nearly 44 percent from a year earlier, pulling the country into a deficit, as surging oil prices pushed costs sharply higher.