Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April on steady rises in food costs, ...

A record surge in the price of rice drove Japan's consumer inflation higher in April. The country's staple crop nearly doubled in price compared to the same month a year earlier.

Japanese government bonds edged up slightly on Friday, clawing back ground after a brutal week that saw yields on long-term ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Private-sector members of a key Japanese government ... out for the risks of food inflation dampening private consumption and of a potential surge in interest rates hurting ...

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month, bolstered in part by surging rice prices, supporting the central bank’s stance on a gradual rate hike path before US tariff measures clouded the ...

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The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March, but that has yet to translate to lower prices. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The news also puts pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections in July and after a minister was forced to resign over a gaffe about the national food staple, while officials were ...

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The latest uptick in inflation was driven mostly by a food price surge of 7.0% in a sign many companies hiked prices at the April start of Japan's new fiscal year. The price of rice spiked 98.6% ...