Japan's current account surplus falls 13.0% in October

Most concerning point is the drop in IP below, that does not bode well for the future...the other stuff's a bit fluffy!

Services trade posted a deficit of 159.0 billion yen in a reversal from a surplus of 449.4 billion yen a year earlier, affected by a drop in payments Japanese companies receive for their patents and other intellectual property rights.

Japan must try to export more goods to US but shutting down Japanese owned auto making and parts plants in the US