Energy
Japan’s Trade Deficit Doubles as Hormuz Crisis Hikes Energy Import Costs
CEII brief
OilPrice.com reported on 21 Oct 2026: Japan’s Trade Deficit Doubles as Hormuz Crisis Hikes Energy Import Costs.
Read the full story on OilPrice.comJapan booked a trade deficit of $17.8 billion (2.82 trillion Japanese yen) for April to September, almost double the deficit from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, as the Middle East crisis made energy imports into the resource-poor G7 economy much more…
Context from CEII
CEII follows developments across the world’s energy system and connects them to the data behind them.
Countries in this story
Original reporting © OilPrice.com. Headline and excerpt quoted with attribution; the full article is available on the publisher’s site. CEII’s context is the Centre’s own and does not represent the publisher.
