Japan March core CPI rises 0.2 pct yr/yr
(Repeats to attach to additional alerts) TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 0.3 percent annual gain.
Stripping away the effect of fresh food and energy, consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in March from a year ago.
Core consumer prices in Tokyo, available a month before the nationwide data, fell 0.1 percent in April from a year earlier, versus a 0.2 percent annual fall seen by analysts in a Reuters poll.
(Reporting by Minami Funakoshi)
