The consumer price index fell to 1.3% last month, its lowest level since March 2022 and below the central bank's 2% target.

Japan’s annual annual headline rate easing to 1.3% from 1.5% in the prior month. For the first time since early 2022, core ...

Cooling inflation and rising cost pressures from the West Asia conflict complicate the Bank of Japan’s policy path ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation slowed below the central bank's 2% target in ...

Japan's core consumer prices in February rose 1.6 percent from a year earlier, climbing less than 2 percent for the first ...

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 core inflation slowed for a second straight month in July but stayed above the central bank's 2% target, keeping alive market expectations for another interest rate hike in ...

Headline inflation also came down to 3.1% from 3.3% in June. Core inflation also dropped to 3.1% from 3.3%. The so-called "core-core" inflation rate, which strips out prices of both fresh food and ...

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 ...