Imports in Japan slumped 13.4 percent year-on-year to ¥ 6432.5 billion, tenth straight fall. Purchases from China went down 5.2 percent and those from the Middle East plunged 51.5 percent while imports from the United States grew 1 percent. LNG imports decreased 12.8 percent and those of crude oil went down 3.7 percent while imports of thermal coal edged up 0.7 percent. Imports in Japan averaged 2791.72 JPY Billion from 1963 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 8047.03 JPY Billion in January of 2014 and a record low of 162.06 JPY Billion in January of 1963. Imports in Japan is reported by the Ministry of Finance Japan.