(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Tokyo April 25 - Consumer prices in Japan rose 1.3 per cent in March from a year earlier for the tenth straight month of increase the government said Friday.
The core consumer price index which excludes fresh food stood at 100.8 against a base of 100 for 2010 the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.
Higher electricity costs and petrol prices amid a falling yen mainly contributed to the rise the ministry said.
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