A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation in January accelerated to 3.1% from a year earlier as prices for a ...

And households are hating it. Part of the problem is that most of the inflation from which Japan is suffering comes from ...

Japan's inflation rate in January climbed to 4%, hitting its highest level since January 2023. Core inflation — which ...

Data showed core inflation in Japan rose to 3.2% in January, up from 3% in December, exceeding forecasts of 3.1%. Headline ...

The data highlighted persistent price pressures and reinforced market bets of another interest rate hike this year.

The level of fresh food prices has risen 71.9% since 2010, about five times more than that of inflation excluding it.

Bond yields rose on the data, as markets factor in the chance that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) could hike interest rates more ...

Japanese inflation accelerated in January, further pressuring households as prices excluding fresh food rose 3.2% on-year, ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer inflation picked up further in January because of higher energy and food costs, likely adding fuel to speculation that an interest-rate hike is coming soon. Overall ...

“Japan’s core inflation is likely to remain around 3% in the first half of this year,” said Taro Saito, head of economic research at NLI Research Institute. “The BOJ will keep mulling the ...

Japanese inflation accelerated in January, further pressuring households as prices excluding fresh food rose 3.2 per cent ...