Japan's current account surplus in fiscal 2021 shrank 22.3 percent to 12.64 trillion yen ($97.6 billion) as surging energy prices caused the trade balance of the resource-poor country to deteriorate, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.The current account balance, one of the widest gauges of international trade, declined for the fourth consecutive year to its lowest level since fiscal 2014, as Russia's aggression against Ukraine pushed up oil and gas prices, according to a preliminary report released by the ministry.The pace of the contraction was the quickest since fiscal 2013, when the cur…READ FULL ARTICLE
