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, ...

Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell for the fourth straight month in April. Salaries rose but failed to keep pace with ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.2 percent in January ... Rice jumped 70.9 percent, the biggest increase since comparable data became available in 1971, due to ...

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

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 ...

Japan’s land prices rose at their fastest pace in 34 years in 2024 with recovery spreading to regional areas thanks to sustained economic growth, in the latest sign of a pickup in the property ...

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.