By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending unexpectedly fell in April, government data showed on Friday ...

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

Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell for the fourth straight month in April. Salaries rose but failed to keep pace with ...

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

Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 2.8% from a year before, led by the sharpest increase in rice prices in nearly 49 years and higher electricity rates, internal affairs ministry data ...

Japan's annual inflation rate stood at 3.6% in April 2025, unchanged from the previous month while remaining at its lowest ...

The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August rose 2.6% YoY, compared to a 2.2% rise in the previous reading, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday. Meanwhile, the Tokyo CPI ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

TOKYO (Reuters ... sluggish consumer demand. The central bank hiked rates again to 0.5% in January this year and has signalled a readiness to keep tightening if wages continue to increase.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending unexpectedly fell in April, as consumers tightened their purse strings in the ...

The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July rose 2.2% YoY, compared to a 2.3% rise in the previous reading, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday. Meanwhile, the Tokyo CPI ex ...

Japan’s land prices rose at their fastest pace in 34 years in 2024 with recovery spreading to regional areas thanks to sustained economic growth, in the latest sign of a pickup in the property ...