Japan January retail sales rise 1.6% year/year - govt

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FILE PHOTO: An employee of a retail store wearing a protective face mask and a face mask is seen outside of the store under a nationwide state of emergency as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Tokyo, Japan May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
FILE PHOTO: An employee of a retail store wearing a protective face mask and a face mask is seen outside of the store under a nationwide state of emergency as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Tokyo, Japan May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail sales rose 1.6% in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday.

That compared with a median market forecast for a 1.4% gain.

(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Writing by Daniel Leussink)

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