Tokyo, June 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's core consumer prices in May rose 1.4 pct from a year earlier, growing for the 57th consecutive month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The pace of increase in the core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food

TOKYO, June 19 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.4 per cent in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil…

Headline inflation edged up to 1.5% from 1.4%, while the so called "core-core" inflation rate, eased to 1.8% from 1.9%.