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  "id": 12995040,
  "title": "Japan's household spending in Aug. falls 3.1% on year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/japans-household-spending-in-aug-falls-3-1-on-year",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T01:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261009/p2g/00m/0bu/026000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in August fell a real 3.1 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday.Households of two or",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}