FILE PHOTO: A man looks at a shop at the Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/ File Photo
24 Jul 2026 07:35AM
(Updated: 24 Jul 2026 07:40AM)
TOKYO, July 24 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.6 per cent in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 1.6 per cent annual gain.Stripping away the effect of fresh food and energy, consumer prices rose 1.7 per cent in June from a year ago.
Source: Reuters
