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Japan trade deficit grows as oil prices surge, yen drops

global demand. In June, imports surged 46% rities, noted that exports ex-
while exports grew 19%, panded in June supported by
The deficit for the period compared to the same month global demand for Japanese
from January through June a year earlier, resulting in a cars and computer chips.
marked the second consecu- trade deficit of 1.38 trillion
tive half-year of deficits. The yen ($10 billion), the biggest The yen has been trading at
deficit for the six months for the month since 2014. about 138 yen to the dollar,
ended in June totaled 7.92 down from about 110 yen
trillion yen ($57 billion), ac- By country, imports from a year ago, because Japan
cording to Finance Ministry China jumped 33% for the is sticking to a super-easy
data released Thursday. month on-year, while exports monetary policy of near-zero
edged up 8%. Imports from interest rates even as other
The deficit persisted even as the U.S. grew 25%, while ex- nations, including the U.S.,
imports for the six months ports rose 15%. Imports from raise rates to combat infla-
shrank nearly 38% to 53.86 the Middle East, source of a tion.
trillion yen ($390 billion), large share of Japan's energy
(AP) — Japan's trade defi- cause of surging oil prices while exports grew 15% to supplies, jumped 125%. Oil prices have surged since
cit for the first half of this and a sinking yen, brought 45.94 trillion yen ($332 bil- Russia's invasion of Ukraine
year totaled nearly 8 tril- on partly by the war in lion). Junichi Makino, chief econo- in February and are now trad-
lion yen ($58 billion), be- Ukraine, and weaker mist at SMBC Nikko Secu- ing at around $100 a barrel.

Tornado kills 1 in eastern China as country faces high temps

(AP) — A tornado blew 300 injured in Jiangsu and the month for a broad swath
through 11 villages in a the central city of Wuhan by of China, from the far north-
farming region of eastern tornadoes last year. China's western Xinjiang region bor-
China, damaging homes, most violent tornado in re- dering on Central Asia to the
killing at least one person cent decades killed 98 and central cities of Changsha
and injuring 25 others, injured more than 800 in Ji- and Nanchang and the me-
while swaths of the coun- angsu in 2016. tropolis of Fuzhou on the
try face extreme heat. southeast coast opposite Tai-
As with much of the northern wan.
The homes and property of hemisphere, parts of China
more than 2,000 people were have seen record-high tem- While no figures have been
damaged when the twister peratures this summer and released on heat-related
struck Wednesday in Jiangsu unusually heavy rainfall is ex- deaths, local governments
province south of Beijing. acerbating seasonal flooding. were taking measures to pro-
Total damage was estimated Climate change is considered vide relief for those without
at around 65 million yuan a factor in both the warmer air conditioning or who work
($9.6 million), the newspaper temperatures and heavier outdoors. the heat, the official Xinhua
Global Times reported, citing rainfall, as well as more fre- In the central city of Yichang, News Agency reported. "I come to the bus every day,"
local media. quent extreme weather. drivers parked air condi- construction worker Cai
tioned buses not in circula- Medications to treat heat Kaijun was quoted as saying.
Tornadoes are relatively rare Temperatures as high as 43 tion during the middle of the stroke, along with water and "Thanks to the air condi-
in China, although 12 people Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) day for construction workers other refreshments were also tioning, I feel refreshed after
were killed and more than were forecast until the end of and others to use to escape provided, Xinhua said. some much-needed rest."

World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong

(AP) — The oldest-ever male gi- park after his health deteriorated. Park after he and a female panda were on an Ocean Park post about An An's
ant panda in captivity has died gifted to Hong Kong by China in condition, wishing him a speedy re-
at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme An An lived most of his life at Ocean 1999. The female panda, Jia Jia, died covery.
in 2016 at age 38, making her the old-
est-ever panda in captivity. He was euthanized to prevent further
suffering Thursday morning after
Ocean Park mourned An An as a veterinarians from Ocean Park and
family member who grew with the government authorities consulted the
park and built bonds with locals and China Conservation and Research
tourists. Center for the Giant Panda, Ocean
Park said.
"An An has brought us fond memo-
ries with numerous heart-warming "An An lived a full life that ended at
moments. His cleverness and play- the respectable age of 35 – the equiva-
fulness will be dearly missed," Paulo lent of 105 years in human age," the
Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Cor- statement read.
poration, said in a statement.
Hong Kong was given another pan-
An An had high blood pressure, a da pair — Ying Ying, a female, and a
common condition among geriatric male, Le Le — in 2007 to celebrate
pandas. Over the past three weeks, the 10th anniversary of the city's re-
An An had been kept out of sight turn to China.
from visitors at the park as his health
worsened. He stopped eating solid China commonly engages in "panda
food and was significantly less active diplomacy" where the mammals ex-
in recent days. clusively found in China are leased to
Last week, hundreds left comments other countries as a sign of goodwill.