Mumbai, Oct. 23 -- Japan's consumer inflation increased in September, with the nationwide consumer price index rising 2.1% from a year earlier, data by the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday.
The pace picked up from August's 1.9% gain.
Excluding fresh food, prices rose 2.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 1.7% in the previous month. Excluding both fresh food and energy, prices increased 2.4%, up from 1.9%.
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