Japan July retail sales fall 0.8 pct year/year

TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Japanese retail sales fell 0.8
percent in July from a year earlier, down for the first time in
eight months, government data showed on Thursday, in a sign
consumer spending is losing momentum as exports struggle to
recover.
The fall in retail sales was bigger than a median market
forecast for a 0.2 percent annual decline.
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(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Chris Gallagher)