Japan retail trade shows minor improvement

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Japan retail trade for the month of December came at +0.4% from a year earlier compared to expectations for a +0.3% rise. The retail trade (MoM) saw a 0.1% improvement vs a revised -0.1% in November. The Japanese Yen trades muted after the release, awaiting order flows off Tokyo, due to open in about 5 minutes.