(Repeats to additional alerts) TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Japan’s core consumer prices fell 0.4% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists’ median estimate for a 0.4% annual fall. Stripping away the effect of fresh food and energy, consumer prices rose 0.2% in February from a year ago. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko)