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

Government data on Friday showed Japan’s core inflation jumped to 3.5% in April, its highest in more than 2 years. The rise is attributed to the country’s inclined prices as the central bank considers ...

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 November ... compared with a 2.3% increase in October. Fresh food prices spiked 8.7% after rising 2.1% in the previous month.

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

TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Japan's capital ... signalling broadening inflationary pressure. The increase, driven mostly by food and fuel bills but spreading to a broader ...

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

TOKYO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.2 percent in January ... Rice jumped 70.9 percent, the biggest increase since comparable data became available in 1971, due to ...

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 ...

McDonald’s Holdings Japan reported a record net profit for the first half despite price rises, with operating profit up a third. The number of customers continued to grow, even following price ...

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.