By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese households will get no respite from rising living costs with a five-fold increase ...

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

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed sharply in June due to temporary cuts to utility bills but ...

Japan has long been regarded as largely immune from the problems of debt-driven fiscal policy and monetary inflation. After ...

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 3.3% in May, data showed on Wednesday, keeping alive expectations ...

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 " ...

Persistent price rises further complicate the Bank of Japan’s policy steering amid tariff-related uncertainty.

Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area eased in June but remained firmly above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, ...

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 ...

The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was higher compared to expectations from economists polled by Reuters.

Annual core inflation, which excludes fresh food, at 3.7% in May, while rice prices up 101.7% year-on-year, according to ...

At last week’s Bank of Japan meeting, the central bank appeared to downplay rising prices, believing underlying inflation is ...