Inflation in Japan picked up last month as the Middle East war and a weak yen pushed up prices, official data showed on Aug. 21, reinforcing expectations for a tightening of monetary policy.

TOKYO, Aug 21 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.8 per cent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil…

TOKYO: Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated in July from a year earlier as firms passed on rising import costs from a weak yen and the US-Israeli war on Iran, data showed…