TOKYO: Japan’s household spending rose in June after 15 months of declines, official data showed Friday, as the government battles to make a clean break from deflation and stoke economic growth.

The upturn is a boost for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has been trying to ignite growth in the world’s third largest economy for more than four years with mixed results.

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