Japan May retail sales rise 3.0% year-on-year, exceeding expectations

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales rose 3.0% in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday.

That was above the median market forecast for a 2.0% rise.

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(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)