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

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.

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

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

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

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 ...

Their expectations, as is typical, are well above Japan's headline inflation, which hit 3.7% in February. "The recent rise in food and gasoline prices likely ... in March and consumer sentiment ...

TOKYO] Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday (Jun 3) the country’s economy can withstand the hit from US tariffs ...

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

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.