Meat balls: Japan CPI trend

Year on year-0.2%Aug 2026

Month on month+1.6%

Rank among items469 / 594

Peak since 2021+6.9%Feb 2026

Weight (per 10,000)5

Year-on-year change vs all items and group

Meat ballsAll itemsFood

2026+1.5%

Month	Index	MoM	YoY
Aug 2026	101.6	+1.6%	-0.2%
Jul 2026	100.0	-0.9%	-2.2%
Jun 2026	100.9	-0.6%	-0.2%
May 2026	101.4	+0.6%	+0.2%
Apr 2026	100.8	-0.3%	-0.5%
Mar 2026	101.1	+0.1%	+1.7%
Feb 2026	101.0	+0.5%	+6.9%
Jan 2026	100.6	-0.2%	+6.6%

Flavor seasonings+0.2%

Cut vegetables+0.2%

Fresh milk+0.1%

Doughnuts (eating out)+0.0%

Delivered pizza-0.0%

Fermented lactic drinks+0.0%

Meat balls-0.2%

Canned vegetables-0.2%

Wine (imported)-0.3%

Yogurt-0.3%

Sushi (box lunch)-A-0.4%

“Hijiki”, edible brown algae-0.4%

“Somen”, fine wheat noodles-0.4%

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