{"version":"1","article":{"id":"japan-cpi-august-2026","slug":"japan-cpi-august-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=en","title":"Japan consumer prices rise 1.9% year on year in August","summary":"Japan’s 2025-base national CPI reached 102.2 in August. The index excluding fresh food rose 1.7% annually and the measure excluding fresh food and energy rose 1.9%.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:38+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:38+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","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":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/japan-cpi-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/japan-cpi-august-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Japan’s Statistics Bureau reported on 18 September that the national consumer price index, using 2025 as its base year, stood at 102.2 in August. The all-items index was 1.9% higher than a year earlier. The index excluding fresh food was 102.0, an annual increase of 1.7%. The measure excluding fresh food and energy reached 102.5 and also rose 1.9% year on year. The three series share the same base but exclude different categories, so they are not interchangeable inflation measures.","The fresh-food-excluded measure is watched because it reduces the effect of seasonal volatility in food prices. The measure excluding both fresh food and energy tracks prices outside those two groups. Japan’s national CPI compares prices of goods and services purchased by households over time and is used in economic and policy decisions. With 2025 set to 100, an index level of 102.2 means the all-items price index was 2.2% above its 2025 average; that is not the annual inflation rate. The annual rate instead compares the index for August 2026 with the index for August 2025."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Japan’s 2025-base national CPI reached 102.2 in August. The index excluding fresh food rose 1.7% annually and the measure excluding fresh food and energy rose 1.9%.\n\nJapan’s Statistics Bureau reported on 18 September that the national consumer price index, using 2025 as its base year, stood at 102.2 in August. The all-items index was 1.9% higher than a year earlier. The index excluding fresh food was 102.0, an annual increase of 1.7%. The measure excluding fresh food and energy reached 102.5 and also rose 1.9% year on year. The three series share the same base but exclude different categories, so they are not interchangeable inflation measures.\n\nThe fresh-food-excluded measure is watched because it reduces the effect of seasonal volatility in food prices. The measure excluding both fresh food and energy tracks prices outside those two groups. Japan’s national CPI compares prices of goods and services purchased by households over time and is used in economic and policy decisions. With 2025 set to 100, an index level of 102.2 means the all-items price index was 2.2% above its 2025 average; that is not the annual inflation rate. The annual rate instead compares the index for August 2026 with the index for August 2025.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}