Japan’s core inflation rose in march, adding pressure on the bank of japan ahead of its next policy meeting. The increase comes as persistent food price hikes drive up the cost of living and ...

The latest government data, published Friday, showed that core CPI rose 3.7% year-on-year in May, outpacing forecasts of 3.6% and speeding up from April’s 3.5%. Inflation has now gone over the ...

While slower than the 5.3% increase in goods prices, service-sector inflation accelerated to 1.4% in May from 1.3% in April in a sign firms were steadily passing on labour costs.

The increase in the core consumer price index (CPI), which strips away the effect of volatile fresh food costs, compared with a median market forecast of a 2.9% gain.