TOKYO (Reuters) – Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 0.2% in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists’ median estimate for a 0.3% annual rise.
(This story corrects to add missing percentage number in headline)
(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
