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Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year that just ended but racked up a $63 billion surplus with the United States.

Donald Trump said there was "big progress" after directly participating in the trade negotiations with a Japanese delegation in Washington, even as both sides made little headway other than an agreement to meet again.