# Japan’s Trade Deficit Doubles as Hormuz Crisis Hikes Energy Import Costs

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- Published: 2026-10-21T13:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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Japan 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 expensive. Between April and September, the period right after the Iran war began and choked oil and LNG supply at the Strait o

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