30 November 2009 - 00H57
Japan's factory output up 0.5 percent in October
AFP - Japan's factory output edged up by 0.5 percent in October from September, marking an eighth straight monthly gain, official data showed Monday.
The growth extended the longest unbroken expansion since a 12-month climb through March 1997 but came below an average market forecast for a rise of 2.5 percent.












