Producer prices in Japan were up 0.4 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday. That exceeded forecasts for an increase of 0.2 percent, which would have been unchanged from the November reading.
On a monthly basis, prices ticked up 0.1 percent following the 0.2 percent gain in the previous month.
Among the individual components, prices were up for advertising and real estate services, and down for leasing and rental.
For the fourth quarter, producer prices advanced 0.4 percent on year and 0.1 percent on quarter.
For all of 2015, producer prices were up 1.2 percent on year.
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