TOKYO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan logged a goods trade deficit in November, the government said in a report on Wednesday.

According to the Finance Ministry, Japan posted a goods trade deficit of 737.3 billion yen (6.56 billion U.S. dollars) in the recording period.

The ministry said exports edged up 0.1 percent from a year earlier. Imports, meanwhile, increased 12.5 percent, the ministry's preliminary data showed.