Japan's trade surplus drops sharply on higher oil imports

If imports of smartphones can tip or contribute to a percentile drop in a nations Surplus? There is something wrong. Read a lot of other nations news can't think of another country claiming smartphones as an economic factor. Also if oil imports are such a volatile factor year after year invest in energy sources that exist in country. Geothermal, Sunshine, come to mind and I'm sure there are more. Wind! The government just has no vision. Constantly blam outside factors rather then fixing internal factors.

chiefly due to a rise in imports of smartphone handsets - head scratching!

Poor little Japan. Such a waste.