Japan's core consumer price rises to 2.7 pct in November

TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier in November, with the pace of increase expanding for the first time in three months, government data showed Friday.

The rise in the nationwide core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food, accelerated from a 2.3 percent rise in October and a 2.4 percent gain in September, growing for the 39th consecutive month, t