Japan's trade deficit expanded to 461.2 billion yen ($2.98 billion), compared to September's revised figure of 294.1 billion yen.

Exports rose 3.1% in October from a year earlier, compared with a 1.7% drop in September. Economists polled by data provider FactSet had forecast a 3.9% increase. Shipments to Chi

Japan's exports rebounded in October, led by a pickup in chip equipment demand in China, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that solid global demand was underpinning the country's still fragile economic recovery.

Japan records trade deficit for the fourth month straight despite export recovery - Japan racked up a trade deficit in October for the fourth month in a row, as a weak yen and the rising price of ener