Japan January household spending rises 0.8% year/year

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, worse than the median market forecast for a 3.6% rise.

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending fell 4.5%, versus an estimated 1.9% decline.

To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, click here: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/index.html

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)