TOKYO (Bloomberg): Tokyo consumer prices unexpectedly rose for the first time in a year, another sign of a recovering inflation pulse in Japan, though the pace of gains was far from the levels fueLling fears elsewhere in the world.
Prices in Japan’s capital, excluding those for fresh food, ticked up by 0.1% in July compared with a year earlier as electricity costs stabiliSed and newspaper prices rose, ministry of internal affairs reported Tuesday (Aug 3).
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