日本出口创3年来最大跌幅

Exports fell 8.0 percent in the year to December, down for the third straight month. It's the biggest drop since September 2012 as a slowdown in China and emerging markets takes its toll.

The weak data should keep the Bank of Japan under pressure to act as early as at its January review. Experts say given declines in imports, Japan's economy is likely to contract in the last quarter of 2015.