JAPAN DATA: Japan’s trade surplus for December is expected to have
totaled about Y450 billion, down 17.1% from a year earlier, which would
be the second straight month of year-on-year decline, following a
revised -55.9% in November, according to the median forecast of analysts
surveyed by Market News International. The Ministry of Finance will
release the data at 0850 JST on Thursday, Jan. 27 (2350 GMT Wednesday).