Japan's industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent in February, the government reported Friday.
The report prompted Heizo Takenaka, economic and fiscal policy minister, to indicate that the government may leave its economic assessment unchanged in a monthly report to be published in mid-April.
"Industrial production data were broadly in line with our expectations," Takenaka told a news conference.
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