Japan producer prices rise 2.8 pct in September

TOKYO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Producer prices in Japan rose 2.8 percent in September from a year earlier, marking a record high for the seventh straight month, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said Thursday.

The producer price index, which measures the prices companies charge each other for goods and services, increased for the 43rd month in a row to reach 123.1, against the 2020 base of 100, buoyed by a weaker yen and redu