Japan inflation rate (CPI)
Headline all-items CPI for Japan (nationwide, 2020=100), year-on-year percent change, from the Statistics Bureau of Japan (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications); core measures noted.
| Current value | 1.5 percent, year-on-year, all items (2020=100) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-05-01 |
| In force until | 2026-05-31 |
| Official source | Statistics Bureau of Japan (MIC), 2020-base Consumer Price Index, Japan, May 2026 monthly report (released 19 June 2026) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
May 2026 (latest at last_confirmed): all-items index 113.5 (2020=100), +1.5 percent YoY, +0.4 percent m/m seasonally adjusted. Core 'all items less fresh food' (BoJ's reference core): 113.0, +1.4 percent YoY. Core-core 'less fresh food and energy': 112.0, +1.8 percent. Energy -2.5 percent YoY, held down by the abolition of the provisional gasoline tax rate and government energy-burden relief (Bureau's estimated policy contribution to energy: -0.93pt). Figures verified in the release PDF https://www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/sokuhou/tsuki/pdf/zenkoku.pdf (Japanese; content of that URL rolls over monthly - archive on retrieval). June 2026 data due 2026-07-24. IMPORTANT: from the July 2026 report (release 2026-08-21) the index switches to the 2025=100 base; index levels and recent YoY rates will be restated. The old English monthly page (/english/data/cpi/1581.html) 404s; use the Japanese sokuhou pages or e-Stat.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | 2.1 | Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020-base CPI monthly report tim |
| 2026-01-01 | 1.5 | Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020-base CPI monthly report tim |
| 2026-02-01 | 1.3 | Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020-base CPI monthly report tim |
| 2026-03-01 | 1.5 | Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020-base CPI monthly report tim |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.4 | Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020-base CPI monthly report tim |
Get it programmatically
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