a shopper looks at items at a supermarket in tokyo february 26 2015 reutersyuya shino tokyo july 1 reuters  core consumer prices in japans capital tokyo rose 21 in june from a year earlier data showed on friday marking the fastest pace of increase in seven years in a sign of broadening inflationary pressure from higher commodity and fuel costs the rise in tokyos core consumer price index cpi which matched a median market forecast followed a 19 gain in the previous month the pace of increase was the fastest since march 2015 the data heightens the chance nationwide consumer prices will continue to rise in coming months japans nationwide core cpi rose 21 in may from a year earlier mainly due to the impact from higher fuel and raw material costs it stayed above the bank of japans 2 target for a second straight month following a 21 rise in april which was also the fastest pace of increase in seven years