Cars,trucks and shovel cars for export await to be loaded onto freighters at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Japan posted its second trade deficit in three months in October as exports of goods such as cars and electronic gadgets suffered a record fall, adding to a grim outlook for the world's second-largest economy. Japan's economy is dependent on exports, but they plunged 7.7 percent in October from a year earlier, the biggest drop since 2001, according to government figures released today. - AP pic
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