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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.