Japan household spending rises 9.5% year/year in September
By Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse products at Japanese discount retailer Don Quijote Holdings' store in Tokyo, Japan, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Kim Kyung Hoon(Reuters)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending rose 9.5% in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, compared with a median market forecast for a 7.8% increase.
To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications:
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/index.htm
(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)