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 ...

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital in November rose 2.2% from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

which should lift inflation". The Bank of Japan raised interest rates in March for the first time since 2007 and again in July, in initial steps towards normalising its ultra-loose monetary policies.

TOKYO -- Japan's core inflation rate slowed for the second straight month in October due to lower electricity prices, according to government data released on Friday, as consumers benefited from ...