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An index measuring manufacturing activity in Japan saw a seasonally adjusted score of 49.9 in May, Markit Economics said on Thursday - touching a two-month high.
That's up from 49.4 in April, although it remains just below the mark of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
Among the individual components of the survey, the manufacturing output index came in at 49.2 - also hitting a two-month high and up from 46.2 in the previous month.