Japan March retail sales rise 3.1% year/year

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retail sales rose 3.1% in March from a year earlier, slightly less than the median market forecast for a 3.5% increase, government data showed on Wednesday.

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(Reporting by Yoshifumi TakemotoEditing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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