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

Overall consumer prices rose 2.9% in November from a year ... waits for more clarity on U.S. economic policies and wage trends in Japan. Markets viewed the messaging from the BOJ’s meeting ...

The core inflation figure was higher than expectations of 3.4%. Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago. Japan’s core ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital ... closely watched by the Bank of Japan as a broader price trend indicator, rose 3.1% in April from a year earlier after a 2.2% rise ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3.2 percent in March ... energy and fresh food and shows underlying price trends, was up 2.9 percent in March from the year before ...

2025 Investing.com-- Tokyo consumer price index inflation cooled slightly in May, while core inflation rose past expectations to an over two-year high– a trend that gives the Bank of Japan ...

Consumer inflation ... also excludes energy prices rose 2.9%, as expected. That’s the fastest since March of last year. Friday’s data are likely to keep Bank of Japan officials confident ...

The yearly changes table compares the index values from the most recent quarter or month of a given year with the corresponding quarter or month from the previous year. This provides an assessment of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February ... but the underlying trend hasn't changed with food prices remaining high," said Kazutaka Maeda, an economist ...

A Reuters poll, however, showed inflation in Tokyo - seen as a leading indicator of nationwide trends - likely ... fall below 2% in October. Japan's core consumer price index (CPI), which includes ...

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 ...

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month ... Ueda has maintained his stance on intending to raise rates given price trends, while also citing the need to closely watch how US tariff ...