Retail sales rose at the slowest pace in nine months as higher prices for food and energy prompted consumers to spend less on clothing, the government said Thursday.
Sales climbed 0.1 percent in April from a year earlier, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Thursday in Tokyo.
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