TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 per cent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday (July 18), piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

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Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...

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Consumers' inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed's 2% ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Thursday called for vigilance against excessive foreign exchange volatility at ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...