A separate index that strips away the effects of both fresh food and fuel costs, closely watched by the Bank of Japan as a ...

Japan's core inflation likely decelerated in February from the previous month due to the resumption of energy subsidies, a ...

The rising cost of living has weighed on household spending despite steady increases in wages. Japan's inflation-adjusted ...

The core consumer price index for the Ku-area of Tokyo in Japan increased by 2.2% year-on-year in February 2025, slowing from an 11-month high of 2.5% in January and coming in below forecasts of 2.3%.

0020 GMT — JGBs edge higher in price terms after Japanese economic data released earlier showed Tokyo core CPI rose 2.2% on year in February, below economists’ expectations for a 2.3% increase.

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.2% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing for the first time in four months but remaining well above the central bank's 2% ...

Inflation has been steadily moving higher in Japan and January’s inflation data reflects the upward trend. The consumer price index climbed to 3.2%, a 19-month high, and the producer price index and ...

Japan's largest labour union group, Rengo, of which JCM is a member, is seeking an overall increase in wages of at least 5 per cent in 2025, including a rise in the base pay of at least 3 per cent.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the health ministry said on Thursday, underscoring the rapid ...

Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)--The average price of new condominiums in Japan hit a record high for the eighth consecutive year in 2024 because of rising costs for construction materials and labor ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average unit price of a new condominium in Japan hit a record for the eighth straight year in 2024, up 2.9 percent to 60.82 million yen ($407,500), amid rising ...

Prices of vegetables and rice have been soaring in Japan due to unfavorable weather and rising production costs. Prices of fresh vegetables in January climbed 36% year on year, with prices of ...