Japan's core consumer prices in July rose 3.1 percent from a year earlier as food costs remained high, government data showed ...

Japan's core inflation slowed for a second straight month in July but stayed above the central bank's 2% target, keeping ...

The Nikkei stock index closed above the 43,000 line to mark an all-time high for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, ...

But the price of food kept going up at an alarming rate. Preliminary figures released by the internal affairs ministry on Friday showed the consumer price index gaining 2.9 percent from a year ago.

As a shopper, you're aware when prices on things you normally buy go up or down. You experience it at the supermarket, the gas station, when shopping for clothes or anywhere else you spend ...

Japan’s consumer price index rose by 3.0% while the yen continued to weaken against the US dollar, putting additional upward pressure on energy costs and food prices.

Tokyo’s consumer price index for January jumped a resounding 4.3 percent year-on-year, the largest surge since May 1981. The internal affairs ministry announced Tokyo’s figures for the month ...

The core consumer price index, a key measure of inflation watched closely by the Federal Reserve, jumped to 3.1% in July, ...