Corporate service prices in Japan were up 0.6 percent on year in July, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday.
That beat forecasts for an increase of 0.4 percent, which would have been unchanged from the June reading.
On month, prices added 0.2 percent following the flat reading a month earlier.
Among the individual components, advertising and transportation prices were up, while leasing prices were down.
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