Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.4 pct in Sept.

TOKYO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.4 percent in September from a year earlier, as climbing prices for energy and food continue to weigh on households despite government efforts to slow their rises, official data showed Friday.

The pace of increase in the nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), excluding volatile fresh food, slowed from 2.8 percent in August, according to the Minis