Tokyo - Japan's core consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.9 per cent in June from a year before, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Friday.

The core nationwide CPI, excluding fresh food prices, came to 102 against 100 for the base year of 2005, the ministry said. The index was up 0.4 per cent from May.

The figure was in line with the average market expectation of a 1.9-per-cent rise.

The overall CPI, including fresh food prices, stood at 102.2, up 2 per cent from a year earlier. (dpa)