Japan's core inflation probably accelerated in March from the previous month as rice prices rose, a Reuters poll showed, a ...

Japan’s core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, slowed to 3% in February from 3.2% in January, but still exceeded forecasts of 2.9%. This marked the second consecutive ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed above the central bank's target and accelerated in March on steady gains in ...

Japan's core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. The core inflation figure — which ...

That kept core inflation above the BOJ's 2% target ... underlying inflation in February suggests that the Bank of Japan could hike rates at its next meeting in May but we still expect that ...

Overall, both indices remained well above the Bank of Japan's 2% inflation target, validating the central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda's declaration of victory over decades of defla ...