Japan's economy could be at a turning point on inflation. Consumer prices rose 3.2 percent compared to the same period last year. Although the rate of increase was slower than the previous month ...

Japan's core inflation in October held above the central bank's 2% target and a key index stripping away the effect of fuel accelerated, data showed on Friday, keeping pressure on the central bank ...

Japan's inflation has jumped to its highest level since 1981. Japan's core consumer price inflation edged up to 3.7% in November, the highest it has been since 1981. That was when a Middle East ...

Japan's inflation rate has jumped to a fresh 41-year high as businesses pass on higher costs to their customers. Core consumer prices for last month rose by 4% from a year earlier, double the Bank ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer-price inflation slowed in September due mainly to the impact of the government’s energy subsidies, possibly giving the Bank of Japan more time to think about the ...

Japan's headline inflation rate slipped to 2.3% in October, its lowest level since January and down from the 2.5% seen in September. The core inflation rate fell to 2.3% from 2.4%, slightly higher ...

TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale inflation accelerated in October at the fastest annual pace in more than a year as renewed yen falls pushed up import costs for some goods, complicating ...