Japan's tertiary activity rose for the fourth month in a row in September, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed on Thursday.
The tertiary activity index rose 1.8 percent month-on-month in September, following a 0.8 percent increase in August.
Among the individual components, living and amusement-related services, transport and postal activities, wholesale trade, medical, health care and welfare, retail trade, business-related services, finance and insurance, and electricity, gas, heat supply and water increased in September.
Meanwhile, real estate, information and communications, flat industries, and goods rental and leasing declined.
On a yearly basis, the tertiary activity index declined 9.0 percent in September, following a 8.5 percent fall in the previous month.
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