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, ...

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.

The increase in the nationwide core consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh food, followed a 2.7 percent rise in November. The inflation rate has remained at or above the Bank of Japan's 2 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July rose 2.2% YoY, compared to a 2.3% rise in the previous reading, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday. Meanwhile, the Tokyo CPI ex ...