According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan's household spending in the recording period dropped a real 0.5 percent from a year earlier.
Specifically, its statistics bureau said the average spending by households with two or more people stood at 287,687 yen (about 2,115 U.S. dollars) in May.
Household spending is a key indicator of private consumption, which accounts for more than half of Japan's gross domestic product (GDP).
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