Postcards: Japan CPI trend

Year on year+0.0%Aug 2026

Month on month+0.0%

Rank among items451 / 594

Peak since 2021+34.9%Oct 2024

Weight (per 10,000)1

Year-on-year change vs all items and group

PostcardsAll itemsTransportation & communication

2021+0.0%

2022+0.0%

2023+0.0%

2024+8.7%

2025+26.2%

2026+0.0%

Month	Index	MoM	YoY
Aug 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Jul 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Jun 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
May 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Apr 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Mar 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Feb 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Jan 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Dec 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Nov 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Oct 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Sep 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Aug 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Jul 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Jun 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
May 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Apr 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Mar 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Feb 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Jan 2025	100.0	+0.0%	+34.9%
Dec 2024	134.9	+0.0%	+34.9%
Nov 2024	134.9	+0.0%	+34.9%
Oct 2024	134.9	+34.9%	+34.9%
Sep 2024	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%

Small motor vehicles+0.4%

Charges for rental car+0.2%

Tires+0.1%

Railway fares (JR) (special fares, for “Shinkansen”)+0.0%

Railway fares (JR) (special fares, excluding “Shinkansen”)+0.0%

Letters+0.0%

Postcards+0.0%

Automotive insurance premium (compulsion)+0.0%

City expressway tolls+0.0%

National expressway tolls+0.0%

Charges for driving license+0.0%

Road services+0.0%

Airplane fares-0.0%

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