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

Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April on steady rises in food costs, ...

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

The Bank of Japan must be vigilant to the risk rising food prices could push up underlying inflation that is already near its ...

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This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

Inflation spiked at a two-year high in April as rice prices almost doubled in Japan. Picture: iStock The rocketing cost of a key part of Japanese people’s diet is growing into a crisis for the ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital surged to a more than two-year high in May, primarily driven by persistent increases in ...

The latest uptick in inflation was driven mostly by a food price surge of 7.0% in a sign many companies hiked prices at the April start of Japan's new fiscal year. The price of rice spiked 98.6% ...

The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March, but that has yet to translate to lower prices.