Japan January retail sales rise 3.9% year-on-year

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales rose 3.9% in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.

The median market forecast was for a 4.0% rise.

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(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)