http://www.FT.com/ Japanese consumers, accustomed to falling prices after a decade and a half of almost constant deflation, are starting to see the cost of everyday items creep up. The FT's Ben McLannahan examines the Bank of Japan's inflation "goal" of 1 per cent and what this means for the country's economic prospects.

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