Japan's core consumer prices index
• 07 Feb 2014
A customer looks at food products at a supermarket in Tokyo (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)
Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.3 percent in December from a year earlier
Reuters - Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than five years, adding to evidence the economy is making steady progress towards ending 15 years of grinding deflation.