. >> that was nhk world's susumu kojima. >>> u.s. president barack obama is putting the final touches on the state of the union. the president delivers the annual address on the state of the economy and his legislative agenda. obama will deliver the speech this year with the presidential election in mind. americans head to the polls in november. so he'll speak to their economic concerns while laying out the themes of his re-election campaign. we'll carry the state of the union live here on nhk world. that's coming up at the top of the hour. now, japan's december trade data show deficits for the month and for the year. ai uchida from the business team with those details. >> japan posted its first trade deficit in over 30 years in all of 2011. this is due to a plunge in exports following the earthquake and nuclear accident last march. the finance ministry said on wednesday that the deficit came to about $32 billion. this marks the first annual negative trade balance since 1980. exports fell 2.7% in yen terms last year as the march quak