In hopes of tackling continuing issues of inflation, the Japanese government okayed a wide-ranging economic package worth ...

Inflation, excluding fresh food and energy, rose to a six-month high of 2.3 per cent in October and strengthens the case for a December rate rise by the Bank of Japan ...

Consumer inflation in Tokyo for November likely surpassed the Bank of Japan's 2 per cent price target following a reduction ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in October rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday.

Japan's headline inflation rate slipped to 2.3% in October, its lowest level since January and down from the 2.5% seen in ...

TOKYO—Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved an economic stimulus package worth more than $140 billion, in Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Tokyo: Japan s minority government signed off Friday on a $140 billion stimulus drive aimed at putting more money in ...

Japan's minority government has today signed off on a $140-billion stimulus drive aimed at putting more money in consumers' ...

Rice prices in Japan are rising very sharply “The difference is quite considerable. While fresh food only accounts for around 4% of the basket of goods used to calculate inflation, all other food ...

Japanese inflation slowed slightly in October with prices up 2.3 percent on-year, official data showed Friday, as the government readies a huge economic stimulus package. The core Consumer Price Index ...