Japan February retail sales rise 1.7% year-on-year

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail sales rose 1.7% in February from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for a 1.2% decline, government data showed on Tuesday.

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(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Editing by Chris Gallagher)