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Producer prices in Japan were up 0.3 percent on month in April, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - accelerating from 0.2 percent in March.

The M2 money stock in Japan was up 2.2 percent on year in April, the Bank of Japan said on Monday - coming in at 1,260.1 trillion yen.

Japan posted a current account surplus of 3.398 trillion yen in March, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday - up 44 percent from the previous year.

The average of household spending in Japan was down 1.2 percent on year in March, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday - coming in at 318,713 yen.

During the Asian trading session on last Friday, the yen has continued to trade at weaker levels, following the recent policy update by the Bank of Japan (BoJ). This month, the yen has experienced a significant decline in value due to expectations of a growing divergence in monetary policies between the BoJ and other major central banks.