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International

Core inflation in Japan’s capital holds steady in September

The Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food but includes fuel costs, rose 2.5 per cent in August from a year earlier, government data showed, matching a median market forecast.
International

Core inflation in Japan’s capital slows but stays above BOJ target

The Tokyo consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 2.9 per cent in July from a year earlier, government data showed, slightly below a median market forecast for a 3.0 per cent increase.
International

Core inflation in Japan’s capital stays above BOJ target in July

The Tokyo consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 3.1 per cent in June from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for a 3.3 per cent gain.
International

Core inflation in Tokyo slows but stays above BOJ target

Tokyo’s price acceleration has been more pronounced as the population in the capital continues to increase.
Property

Tokyo’s rising rents show inflation cycle deepening for Bank of Japan

People shop in a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2025. Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data showed.
International

Tokyo prices rising most in two years, keeps BOJ on hike path

Home prices in Tokyo have been on a broad upward trend, driven by rising construction costs and a limited supply of new buildings.
Property

Luxury Tokyo penthouse sells for over 9.5 billion yen in booming market

In Japanese, the word geisha means “person of the arts” – a woman or man trained in traditional Japanese performing arts.
Lifestyle

Century-old Tokyo geisha festival revives dying art

The cost of rice in Tokyo surged 92.4 per cent in March, a sign of the pain households were feeling from rising living costs.
Global Enterprise

Core inflation in Japan’s capital hits 2.4%, stays above BOJ’s target

Traffic seen on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York at dusk on November 12, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
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