TOKYO – Japan posted a current account surplus for the third month in April as the trade deficit narrowed and income gains from overseas investment grew, government data showed, easing worries about declines in the country's balance of payments. The current account stood at 1.9 trillion yen ($13.58 billion) surplus in April, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday, beating economists' median forecast for a surplus of 1.66 trillion yen in a Reuters poll. It followed a surplus of 2.3 trillion yen in the previous month, the data showed.

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