Japan's consumer prices rose 0.8 percent in August from a year earlier on higher gasoline and other energy prices, posting the highest margin of increase since November 2008, government data showed Friday.
The core consumer price index, excluding fresh foods, stood at 100.4 against the 2010 base of 100, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. It registered the third straight month of increase.
In addition to rising energy prices, a narrower margin of decline as well as an increase in some durable goods pushed up overall prices, the ministry said.
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