Japan’s inflation surged in January, with consumer prices rising 4% year over year—the highest level since early 2023. This ...

After 25 years of craving inflation, Japan’s 125 million people are having some serious buyer’s remorse. In January, prices increased at a 4% year-on-year rate, fully double the Bank of Japan ...

Japan’s consumer inflation increased in January because of higher energy and food costs, likely adding fuel to speculation ...

Core inflation — which excludes prices of fresh food — rose to 3.2% from 3% in the prior month and beat economists' ...

Japanese inflation accelerated in January, further pressuring households as prices excluding fresh food rose 3.2 percent on-year, government data showed Friday. The rate was the highest since June ...

“Japan’s core inflation is likely to remain around 3% in the first half of this year,” said Taro Saito, head of economic research at NLI Research Institute. “The BOJ will keep mulling the ...

The data highlighted persistent price pressures and reinforced market bets of another interest rate hike this year.

Japan's headline inflation climbed to 4% in January from from 3.6% in December, hitting a two-year high. Headline inflation has been above the Bank of Japan's 2% target for 34 straight months.