Home Business Japan December core consumer inflation ticks up, but far from BOJ's target Business Japan December core consumer inflation ticks up, but far from BOJ's target By Genpie - January 24, 2020 155 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Japan’s core consumer prices rose in December from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, nudging up from the previous month, but inflation was still well short of the central bank’s elusive 2% target.