JAPAN: Prices Rise in Japan for First Time in Five Years

Japan's government said prices are "rising moderately" even though growth has slowed to an annualized 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. Core consumer prices rose 1.3 percent in December from a year earlier, a sign that the economy may reverse fifteen years of deflation.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-japan-economy-report-idUSBREA1I0EC20140219