Qualification examination: Japan CPI trend

Year on year-0.8%Aug 2026

Month on month+0.0%

Rank among items498 / 594

Peak since 2021+0.0%Jan 2026

Weight (per 10,000)2

Year-on-year change vs all items and group

Qualification examinationAll itemsCulture & recreation

2026-0.5%

Month	Index	MoM	YoY
Aug 2026	99.2	+0.0%	-0.8%
Jul 2026	99.2	+0.0%	-0.8%
Jun 2026	99.2	+0.0%	-0.8%
May 2026	99.2	+0.0%	-0.8%
Apr 2026	99.2	-0.8%	-0.8%
Mar 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Feb 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%
Jan 2026	100.0	+0.0%	+0.0%

Charges for NHK TV license+0.0%

Newspapers (national)+0.0%

Insurance fee for pet+0.0%

Pianos+0.0%

Horticultural fertilizer-0.3%

Baseball gloves-0.6%

Qualification examination-0.8%

Batteries-0.8%

Dolls-0.9%

PC printers-1.1%

Hotel charges-1.4%

Toy cars-2.6%

Cameras-2.7%

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