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Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the ...

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TOKYO - Japan Post Holdings is planning to sell shares in Japan Post Bank which could total some 600 billion yen (S$5.4 ...