JAPAN CONSUMER PRICES UNCHANGED IN FEBRUARY Japan's consumer price index (base 1985) was unchanged at 99.7 in February from a month earlier, the government's Management and Coodination Agency said. The index showed a 0.4 pct drop in January. The February index was down one pct from a year earlier for the third consecutive year-on-year drop. In January, the index fell 1.1 pct from a year earlier, the first drop of over one pct since a 1.3 pct drop in September 1958.