The final business day of the month brought the usual flurry of Japanese data. November Tokyo Consumer Price Index, Oct Unemployment and Oct industrial production. The data arrived as follows Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 0.6 percent in November from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 0.6 percent annual rise. Tokyo area November core CPI +0.6 pct YoY - govt (Reuters poll: +0.6 pct) Tokyo area Nov overall CPI +0.8 pct YoY - vs 0.4% ... (full story)