Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.2% in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The increase in the core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food but ...

Japan's July trade balance is estimated at a shortfall of 1.405 trillion yen ($10.53 billion), marking the 12th month of a deficit. Core machinery orders, a leading indicator of capital expenditure, ...

The national consumer price index rose at an annualized 0.4% in January, following a 0.3% year-over-year gain in December, the national statistics bureau reported on Friday. National CPI has remained ...

TOKYO — Japan’s core consumer prices rose 2.2% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, coming in above the central bank’s 2% inflation target for the third straight month. We ...

Headline national CPI fell slightly to 3.5% y-o-y from 3.6% in the prior month. Friday’s print showed Japanese inflation remained largely on an uptrend, especially as recent increases in wages boosted ...

Risk assets in Asia are set to open positively on Friday after a show of fortitude on Wall Street saw U.S. stocks end a choppy session in the green, as local attention turns to the latest inflation ...

National core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, grew 3.7% year-on-year in May, compared to expectations of 3.6%. The print was at its highest level since January 2023 also picked up ...