Japan December core consumer inflation ticks up, but far from BOJ’s target

By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose in December from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, accelerating from the previous month, but inflation was still well away from the central bank's elusive 2% target. Tame consumer inflation underscores the challenges the Bank of Japan is facing, with the core consumer price index rising just 0.7% in December from a year earlier, government data showed.

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