More Japan information: April retail gross sales and Manufacturing output each rise quick than anticipated

We had CPI data earlier, along with jobs. I’ve included those results in the screenshot for retail and industry data ICYMI:

More on the inflation data here:

• Tokyo core CPI misses forecasts in May, complicating case for BOJ June rate hike

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.