Japan’s inflation picked up speed in January, adding pressure on households and fueling expectations that the Bank of Japan may soon raise interest rates. Core consumer prices rose 3.2% year-on ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called "core-core ...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 ...

The headline inflation rate in the country dropped to 3.3%, coming down from 3.5% in May, but marking the 39th straight month that inflation has run above the Bank of Japan's 2% target.

Marcella Chow, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, noted that rice accounts for approximately 50% of Japan's core inflation, and future inflation trends are heavily reliant on ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of easing. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was in ...

Rice prices in Japan more than double in May — core inflation jumps to highest levels since 2023 By Lim Hui Jie, CNBC • Published June 19, 2025 • Updated on June 20, 2025 at 12:04 am ...

Marcella Chow, global market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, noted that rice accounts for approximately half of Japan's core inflation, and future inflation trends are heavily reliant on ...