On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Japan was once known for its low levels of inflation, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war helped reverse the decades-long trend in 2022. Labour shortages have further compounded the problem.

When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 yen in 2016, its sombre-faced management appeared in a ...

Japan’s government bond market is spinning out of control, and it’s dragging America into the mess. Volatility across Japanese government bonds has doubled in ...

F OR YEARS Japan was a reassuring example for governments. Even as its net public debt peaked at 162% of GDP in 2020, it suffered no budget crisis. Instead it enjoyed rock-bottom interest rates, ...

The price of rice doubled in Japan in the 12 months to May, data showed Friday, as an acceleration in inflation piled fresh pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead ...

Core inflation excluding fresh food hit 3.5 percent last month, the internal affairs ministry said, its highest since January 2023 and well up from the 3.2 percent in March.

Since 2022, inflation has skyrocketed to levels Japan hasn't seen since the 1980s – currently 3.4 percent. The policy of cheap credit and money printing was supposed to combat deflation, but it ...

Japan rice crisis shows signs of easing as prices stabilize and stocks return to shelves By Lim Hui Jie, CNBC • Published June 25, 2025 • Updated on June 26, 2025 at 10:33 pm ...

With rice prices skyrocketing 92.1 per cent year-on-year to fifty-year highs, Japan faces an inflation crisis cantered on its cultural staple. The resulting 3.2 per cent core inflation and record 28.3 ...

Data from Japan's agriculture ministry revealed that the average price of a five-kg bag of rice had fallen to 3,920 yen ($27.03) for the week ending June 15, which marked the first time that rice ...