Investing in Japan (Tokyo shares - Nikkei)

JAPAN:
-Nov core CPI up 0.1 pct yr-on-yr; Tokyo Dec core CPI down 0.2 pct
-Nov unemployment rate rises to 4.6 pct from 4.5 pct in Oct
-Nov wage earner-headed household spending up 0.9 pct yr-on-yr
-Nov corporate services price index up 0.2 pct mth-on-mth
-Nov vehicle production rises 3.9 pct year-on-year; first rise in 2 mths
-Nov orders received by 50 largest contractors down 5.2 pct yr-on-yr
-Nov housing starts rise 12.6 pct year-on-year to 110,986 units
-Japan's population shrinks in 2005, first time since World War II
-Tokyo bourse says no decision yet on changing stock margin trading rules
-Tanigaki says conditions for monetary policy change not yet met
-West Japan Railway president, chairman to resign over April crash