This month’s shopper value index for Tokyo’s 23 wards is a preliminary determine, and the index, which excludes recent meals, which is topic to giant fluctuations because of climate, rose 1.6% from the identical month final yr.
The fee of improve decreased by 0.5 factors from final month, reaching the 1% stage for the primary time since May of the yr earlier than.
Of these, “food excluding fresh food” has elevated by 5.7% in comparison with the identical month final yr.