Box lunch-C: Japan CPI trend

Year on year+1.3%Aug 2026

Month on month-0.3%

Rank among items349 / 594

Peak since 2021+4.3%Mar 2026

Weight (per 10,000)27

Year-on-year change vs all items and group

Box lunch-CAll itemsFood

2026+3.1%

Month	Index	MoM	YoY
Aug 2026	102.9	-0.3%	+1.3%
Jul 2026	103.2	+0.2%	+1.7%
Jun 2026	103.0	+0.1%	+1.6%
May 2026	102.9	+0.3%	+4.1%
Apr 2026	102.6	-0.1%	+4.1%
Mar 2026	102.7	+1.0%	+4.3%
Feb 2026	101.6	+0.6%	+4.2%
Jan 2026	101.0	+0.5%	+3.4%

Salted salmon+1.7%

Wheat flour+1.6%

Lotus roots+1.5%

Boiled “Udon”+1.5%

Box lunch-A+1.4%

“Takoyaki”, octopus balls+1.3%

Box lunch-C+1.3%

Curry buns+1.3%

Soy milk+1.2%

Hamburg steaks+1.1%

Rice balls+1.1%

Pork cutlets+1.0%

Tangle prepared in soy sauce+1.0%

Year-on-year change of the Japan CPI (Statistics Bureau, all Japan). Item indices, not shop prices.