Cranes load containers onto a ship at the container yard in Tokyo port in this file photo. Japan’s exports are expected to have risen for the third straight month in November thanks to solid demand from the United States, an encouraging sign for shipments and the broader economy’s recovery from a recession. Exports are forecast to have increased 7 percent in November from a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll of 24 economists, following a 9.6 percent gain in October and 6.9 percent rise in September. Japan’s Finance Ministry will release the trade data Wednesday.

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