According to the balance of payments statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, the current account balance in November last year, which shows how much Japan earned through trade and investment with foreign countries, was a surplus of 1,087.4 billion yen.



The surplus amount was 422.1 billion yen, an increase of 29% from the same month of the previous year.

It is the third consecutive month that the surplus has exceeded the same month of the previous year.