Show I I TREND OF LIVING CO COSTS TS IN JAPAN FALLS ALLS I TOKIO May 14 By Mall to United Press Press Living costs In Tokio have reached their peak and the trend of prices Is Js downward Figures kept by banks show prices for necessities were 6 58 per percent percent cent lower last month than for March Articles that have fallen include the most Important staples of the Japanese family's diet Rice has dropped about 5 56 6 per cent since March 31 The general decline Is attributed to the general economic slump In which Japan i finds herself f today O According c t to the tho Da Bank l of or Japans Japan's re report report re- re port lort thirty six representative commodities I ties were cheaper at the end I of April I than they were in March larch five live staples I have advanced in price while fifteen aro are running along at th the same price l level |