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Japan's consumer prices decreased for first time since July. Core consumer prices declined by 0.1% in October, reported statistics bureau. Analysts claim the reason for price decline is weak domestic demand and deflation is mainly caused by a decrease in oil prices. High yen and low crude oil costs make energy import cheap thus weighting on prices. The yen advanced 6% against USD in the last half a year while crude oil prices declined by 1% since September.