Corporate service prices in Japan were up 0.4 percent on year in June, the Bank of Japan said on Monday - shy of estimates for 0.6 percent, which would have been unchanged from the May reading.
On a monthly basis, prices were flat after adding 0.1 percent in the previous month.
Among the individual components, prices were up for leasing and rental, but down for advertising and civil engineering.
For the second quarter of 2015, corporate service prices gained 0.6 percent on year after jumping an annual 3.2 percent in the first quarter.
On a quarterly basis, prices advanced 0.4 percent after easing 0.2 percent in the three months prior.
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