Japan's household spending falls for 4th straight month in November

TOKYO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Japan's household spending in November fell a real 0.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive month of decline, as consumers cut expenditures on home appliances and food amid inflation, government data showed Friday.

Households of two or more people spent an average of 295,518 yen (about 1,900 U.S. dollars) in November, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communic