By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 3.4% in April from a year earlier, data ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated to a two-year high in April on surging food costs, making the central bank's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation accelerated in March ... much smaller than a 5.6% jump in goods prices in a sign the recent rise in inflation was driven mostly by high raw material costs.

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated ... also been blamed for a rise in consumption while ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the ... Record numbers of tourists have also been blamed ...