Japan logs record trade deficit

Japan is logging its biggest half-yearly trade deficit in more than 40 years. 

The weak yen is exacerbating the soaring costs of energy imports, but the Bank of Japan is still maintaining its ultra loose monetary policy 

Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. 

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