---
status: not_available
error: "Official METI document for March 2026 Retail Sales not located"
date_searched: 2026-04-30T00:15:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://www.meti.go.jp/statistics/tyo/syoudou/result/sokuho_1.html
  - https://www.meti.go.jp/statistics/tyo/syoudou/result/pdf/202603S.pdf
  - https://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/tyo/syoudou_kakuho/index.html
search_queries:
  - "Retail Sales March 2026 Japan METI"
  - "site:meti.go.jp Retail Sales March 2026 1.7%"
  - "Japan Retail Sales March 2026 METI" (Perplexity)
notes: |
  The payload indicates March 2026 Retail Sales (YoY +1.7%, MoM -0.1%) from METI.
  MEMORY.md indicates METI Retail Sales retrieval has been problematic: URL pattern not discovered and data may be published later than expected.
  As of 2026-04-30, the official March 2026 release document could not be located via search or direct URL attempts.
  METI's Monthly Report on the Current Survey of Commerce appears to have a schedule where the March report was expected on May 18, 2026 (per index page note). The April 29 release date in the payload may reflect a different data source or a preliminary estimate not yet on the METI site.
  Without a valid source URL, retrieval fails.
---