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Japan December retail sales fall 2.6% year-on-year

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales fell 2.6% in December from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for a 1.8% decline, government data showed on Friday.

(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto)

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