TOKYO, March 24 : Japan's core consumer inflation hit 1.6 per cent in February to slide below the central bank's 2 per cent target for the first time in nearly four years, data showed on Tuesday, complicating its efforts to justify further interest rate hikes.Analysts expect core inflation to stay below 2 per

TOKYO, March 24 : Japan's core consumer inflation slowed below the central bank's 2 per cent target in February for the first time in nearly four years, data showed, as government fuel subsidies offset rising import costs from a weak yen and surging oil prices from the Iran war.While the reading is unlikely t

TOKYO, March 24 : Japan's core consumer inflation slowed below the central bank's 2 per cent target in February for the first time in nearly four years, data showed, as government fuel subsidies offset rising import costs from a weak yen and surging oil prices from the Iran war.While the reading is unlikely t