The March index, at 112.0, was the highest level since December 1982.Ħ:24 a.m. That followed a revised 9.7% spike in February, which was the fastest pace on record. The corporate goods price index, which measures the prices that companies charge each other for goods and services, rose 9.5% in March from a year earlier.
Japan's wholesale inflation remained near record-high levels in March as the Ukraine crisis and a weak yen pushed up the costs of fuel and raw materials, government data shows. The Ukraine crisis and a weak yen have pushed up the costs of fuel and raw materials in Japan. The report also said Russian forces continue to withdraw from Belarus in order to redeploy in support of operations in eastern Ukraine.Īn Idemitsu Kosan oil refinery in Ichihara, east of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture. Russian attacks remain focused on Ukrainian positions near Donetsk and Luhansk, with further fighting around Kherson and Mykolaiv and a renewed push toward Kramatorsk, British military intelligence said. Fighting in eastern Ukraine will intensify over the next two to three weeks as Russia continues to refocus its efforts there, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense tweeted in a regular bulletin. "There are some things that are beyond the pale, and the use of chemical weapons will get a response and all options are on the table for what that response could be," Heappey told Sky News on Tuesday.Ģ:20 p.m. British foreign minister Liz Truss on Monday said the country was working with its partners to verify the details of reports Russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack on Mariupol. All options would be on the table in response to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey said. Note: Nikkei Asia on March 5 decided to temporarily suspend its reporting from Russia until further information becomes available regarding the scope of the revised criminal code.Ĥ:00 p.m.
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