But the producer price index, a measure of industrial profits, sank to the biggest contraction in seven years on weak demand, according to the latest data. Last month, the CPI did not change from June ...

Core consumer prices in Japan surged 2.2 percent in June, the fastest pace in over seven years, topping the Bank of Japan's long-elusive 2 percent target for the third straight month, government data ...

TOKYO - Japan's core consumer prices in May rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier, marking the biggest increase in more than two years, as rice and other food costs surged, government data showed ...