Japan Tobacco Inc. reported preliminary sales results for the month and year to date ended December 2016. For the month, the company reported sales volume of ¥9.6 billion of cigarettes against ¥9.9 billion of cigarettes a year ago. Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥57.0 billion against ¥55.9 billion a year ago. For the year to date, the company reported sales volume of ¥106.2 billion of cigarettes against ¥109.2 billion of cigarettes a year ago. Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥623.8 billion against ¥618.5 billion a year ago.