Shoppers at Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store in January 2012. Consumer prices in Japan rose 0.2 percent year on year in April, posting an increase for the third straight month on higher energy ... more 

Shoppers at Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store in January 2012. Consumer prices in Japan rose 0.2 percent year on year in April, posting an increase for the third straight month on higher energy costs, official figures showed Friday less