Japan's Sept. exports fall for 1st time in nearly 2 years on typhoon

Japan's exports fell for the first time in nearly two years in September as production and distribution channels were disrupted by a powerful typhoon that tore through the area around Osaka, government data showed Thursday.Exports dipped 1.2 percent from a year earlier to 6.73 trillion yen ($59.8 billion), the first decline since November 2016. The country's balance of goods trade with the rest of the world came in at a 139.6 billion yen surplus, the first black ink in three months but plunging 78.7 percent from a year earlier, according to a preliminary report by the Finance Ministry.Typho…READ FULL ARTICLE