By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while ...

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Japans core inflation climbed to 2.7% in November driven by higher food and fuel costs. The surge intensifies pressure on the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation accelerated in November as rising food and fuel costs hit households, data showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure to raise interest rates.