By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.0% in January from a year earlier, ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in the year to December but stayed above the ...

Core inflation touched its lowest level since October 2024, and was in line with expectations ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed to a 15-month low in January due to the ...

The core consumer price index in Japan, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, increased for the third consecutive month to 2.7% year-on-year in July 2024, following a 2.6% gain in June ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's June core inflation likely slowed but remained above the central bank's 2% target, a Reuters poll showed, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate hikes as U.S. trade ...

The 3% reading in December is the highest inflation rate since August 2023, and boosts the case for a rate hike from the Bank of Japan. The headline inflation rate in Japan came in at 3.6%, ...

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.4% in December from a year earlier, government data showed on ...

TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation likely re-accelerated in April, a Reuters poll of 19 economists showed, as a flurry of retail price hikes offset the effect of the ...

Japan's core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. The core inflation figure — which ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.7% in the year to August, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2% goal but marking the slowest pace in nine months in a sign ...

Japan's core inflation rate rose to a 16-month high at 3% in December, year on year, boosting the case for a rate hike from the Bank of Japan. This was in line with inflation expectations from ...