Japan firms finally get pricing power just as economic growth sputters

By Leika Kihara and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Japanese companies, long bedevilled by deflation, are finally starting to pass on higher costs to their customers just as the economy stumbles, potentially complicating decisions for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the central bank. Early signs indicate that price rises and expectations of further inflation are building as a labour shortage and Abe's stimulus policies allow companies to charge customers more. Electronics makers