TOKYO: Japan’s annual current account surplus is the lowest on record, government figures showed Monday, as fossil fuel bills and a sliding yen overshadow rising exports.

For fiscal 2013, the value of the goods, services and investments that left Japan exceeded those coming in by 789.9 billion yen, ($7.75 billion), plunging 81.3 percent from 4.2 trillion yen the previous year.

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