Japan's consumer confidence continued to worsen in January amid the government's latest state of emergency declaration to combat the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Friday.The seasonally adjusted index of sentiment among households made up of two or more people fell 2.2 points from the previous month to 29.6, the second straight month of declines, following a 1.9 point drop in December, according to the Cabinet Office.The 2.2 point slide was the fourth-largest decline since comparable data became available in April 2013, the office said, adding it downgraded its basic assessmen…READ FULL ARTICLE
