Producer prices in Japan were up 0.2 percent on year in April, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday - in line with expectations and unchanged from the previous month.
Among the individual components of the data, prices for communications, real estate and advertising were up.
Prices were down for transportation, engineering and maintenance.
On a monthly basis, prices dipped 0.2 percent after jumping 0.6 percent in March.
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