The second month in a row the Japanese Finance Minister denotes the payment balance surplus, despite the rising foreign investments.


This favorable news infuses with optimism relatively that Japan can handle an excessive debt rate by its own efforts.


At the same time, the trade balance deficit of Japan keeps on hitting records. The export-deficit ratio for April totaled to 798.10 trillion yen.


For the export-oriented country such data seem quite depressing. But the exported goods reduction continues exerting influence on high Japanese yen rate.


Moreover, the import is gathering pace. Due to refusal from the nuclear energy Japan has to buy energy products from the outside. With the oil price surging and the Iranian oil embargo, the Japanese authorities are seeking alternative sources. Thus, there have been conducted some negotiations relatively the gas purchases from Russia and the USA.