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, ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer inflation sped up in ... while companies are expected to continue passing a rise in labor expenses to services prices slowly. “From the perspective of inflation ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Japan's capital ... has pledged to keep policy ultra-loose despite the recent rise in inflation, which he sees as driven by temporary factors ...

Japan’s consumer price index rose by 3.6% year on year in ... this was the highest rise since February 1982, when there were still lingering effects of the second oil crisis.

TOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in February from a year ago, accelerating for the first time in four months, with state subsidies to curb energy costs ...

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 ...

Japan’s consumer price index excluding perishables hit ... the internal affairs ministry said on Nov. 18. The rise was even sharper than those for periods impacted by hikes in the consumption ...

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 ...

The core consumer price index (CPI) for Japan’s capital ... recent cost-push inflation could change into a sustained rise in prices driven by robust domestic demand. The BOJ has pledged to ...

TOKYO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government said in a report on Friday. According to the Ministry of Internal ...