{"id":"japan-cpi-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"japan-cpi-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Japan consumer prices rise 1.9% year over year in August","summary":"The core index excluding fresh food increased 1.7% year over year under the new 2025 base.","body":["Japan’s nationwide consumer price index rose 1.9% in August from a year earlier, according to the Statistics Bureau’s release on 18 September. The index stood at 102.2 with 2025 set to 100.","The index excluding fresh food increased 1.7% annually to 102.0, while the measure excluding fresh food and energy rose 1.9% to 102.5. The August release used the revised 2025 base. The bureau cautions that rounded rates may not match calculations from the published index values."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Japan consumer prices rise 1.9% year over year in August\n\nThe core index excluding fresh food increased 1.7% year over year under the new 2025 base.\n\nJapan’s nationwide consumer price index rose 1.9% in August from a year earlier, according to the Statistics Bureau’s release on 18 September. The index stood at 102.2 with 2025 set to 100.\n\nThe index excluding fresh food increased 1.7% annually to 102.0, while the measure excluding fresh food and energy rose 1.9% to 102.5. The August release used the revised 2025 base. The bureau cautions that rounded rates may not match calculations from the published index values.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-18","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Statistics Bureau of Japan","url":"https://www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/sokuhou/tsuki/index-z.htm","publishedAt":"2026-09-18","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/japan-cpi-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}