Japanese households will get no respite from rising living costs with a five-fold increase expected in the number of food ...

Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, ...

According to the most recent report on consumer prices, published at the Statistics Bureau of Japan, consumer prices rose 3.4 ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed sharply in June due to temporary cuts to utility bills but stayed well ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline ...

Ishiba has opposed lowering the sales tax ahead of an Upper House election where voters will vote on the performance of his ...

In Japan, the main driver of inflation is food prices, specifically rice prices. Money Report. news 3 hours ago China's industrial profits plunge 9.1%, steepest fall in seven months news 4 hours ...

Headline inflation in Japan remained unchanged in May at 3.5 per cent and remains well above the BoJ’s 2 per cent target. The ...

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