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TOKYO, JAPAN (AFP) - Deflation in Japan eased slightly in September following four straight months of record declines in consumer prices, official data showed Friday.
Core prices, which exclude those of volatile fresh food, dropped 2.3 percent in the month from a year earlier, after an unprecedented 2.4 percent slump in August, the government said.
Core prices in Tokyo, a leading indicator released a month earlier than the nationwide figures, fell by 2.2 percent in October from a year earlier.
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