TOKYO: Japan on Wednesday logged a more than 20-fold surge in its current account surplus in March thanks to an improving trade picture and buoyant returns on the country’s investments abroad.

The 2.80 trillion yen ($23 billion) figure was well up from the 131 billion yen a year earlier, and marked the nine monthly surplus in a row, according to official data.

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