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TOKYO - Japan's factory activity expanded for the first time in a year in May, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, but overall growth was modest and demand was still subdued while a weak yen raised the cost of imported items for some producers.
The results showed"encouraging trends across the manufacturing industry, with new orders and output broadly stable and businesses remaining optimistic about the year ahead," said Pollyanna De Lima at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Input price pressures were at their worst in over a year, with firms saying costs of labour, material and transportation had risen from April largely due to the yen's weakness.
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