Tokyo Feb core CPI rises 1.8% yr/yr
FILE PHOTO: Pre-made food is being sold at a Seiyu store in Tokyo, Japan February 11, 2020. Picture taken February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Ando Ritsuko/File Photo
TOKYO, Feb 27 : Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 1.8 per cent in February 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 1.7 per cent annual rise.