Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area picked up in May, signaling persistent price pressures nationwide.

Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 3.6 per cent in the year to May, data showed on Friday, marking a more than two-year ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer inflation sped up in November ... compared with a 2.3% increase in October. Fresh food prices spiked 8.7% after rising 2.1% in the previous month.

Japan's annual inflation rate stood at 3.6% in April 2025, unchanged from the previous month while remaining at its lowest ...

Hotter-than-expected core inflation supports a Bank of Japan interest rate hike in July. The BoJ is expected to deliver a 25 ...

This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 2.8% from a year before, led by the sharpest increase in rice prices in nearly 49 years and higher electricity rates, internal affairs ministry data ...

Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data showed Friday.

The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August rose 2.6% YoY, compared to a 2.2% rise in the previous reading, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday. Meanwhile, the Tokyo CPI ...

McDonald’s Holdings Japan reported a record net profit for the first half despite price rises, with operating profit up a third. The number of customers continued to grow, even following price ...

TOKYO (Reuters ... sluggish consumer demand. The central bank hiked rates again to 0.5% in January this year and has signalled a readiness to keep tightening if wages continue to increase.