Japan August household spending rises 2.3% year/year

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending in August rose 2.3% from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, slightly better than the median market forecast for a 1.2% rise.

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending inched up 0.6%, versus an estimated 0.1% uptick.

To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, click here: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/index.html

(Reporting by Satoshi SugiyamaEditing by Chang-Ran Kim)