Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area picked up in May, signaling persistent price pressures nationwide.

Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, ...

placing the Bank of Japan in a difficult position when it considers future rate hikes. Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the Tokyo metropolitan area rose 3.6% in May from a year earlier ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital hit a more than two-year high on persistent rises in food costs, data showed on Friday, ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 3.6 per cent in the year to May, data showed on Friday, marking a more than two-year ...

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.5% from a year earlier in April, higher than economists' expectations.

Hotter-than-expected core inflation supports a Bank of Japan interest rate hike in July. The BoJ is expected to deliver a 25 ...

2025 Investing.com-- A sharper-than-expected rise in Tokyo’s consumer prices has boosted the likelihood of a Bank of Japan (BoJ) interest rate hike as early as June, ING analysts said in a note.

Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data showed Friday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's land prices rose at their fastest pace in ... stimulus programme that was imposed to boost sluggish consumer demand. The central bank hiked rates again to 0.5% in January ...

Beef bowls are serious business in Japan ... year with price rises having little impact on locals’ appetite for dining out. Prices for about 60 per cent of Sukiya’s menu will rise starting ...

Japan’s land prices rose at their fastest pace in 34 ... monetary stimulus program that was imposed to boost sluggish consumer demand. The central bank hiked rates again to 0.5% in January ...