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Top 20 risers

White potatoes+38.8%

PC printers+35.5%

Saury+35.0%

Burdocks+30.6%

Welsh onions+24.7%

Electric bulbs & lamps+21.9%

Plastic bags+18.7%

Fabric softener+17.8%

Fire & earthquake insurance premium+15.8%

Gasoline+13.5%

Sweet potatoes+13.1%

Air cleaners+12.9%

Kerosene+12.1%

Athletic shoes+12.0%

Women's suits (for autumn & winter, medium)+10.6%

Beer-flavored alcoholic beverages+10.3%

Tobacco (domestics)+10.2%

After-school childcare fees+10.0%

Salmon roe+10.0%

Cut flowers (Roses)+9.0%

Top 15 fallers

Chinese cabbage-54.9%

Cabbage-41.7%

Telephone charges (mobile phone)-38.0%

Lettuce-35.7%

Broccoli-29.6%

Lotus roots-25.4%

Radishes-25.3%

Spinach-24.9%

Apples-21.2%

Tomatoes-18.2%

Green peppers-17.2%

Horse mackerel-16.6%

Cucumbers-12.7%

“Shimeji”, mushrooms-12.3%

Avocados-11.5%

By group

Food-1.3%

Housing+0.6%

Fuel, light & water-2.7%

Furniture & household utensils+2.2%

Clothes & footwear+0.2%

Medical care-0.6%

Transportation & communication-5.8%

Education+0.7%

Culture & recreation-0.3%

Miscellaneous+1.3%

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Year-on-year change of the Japan CPI (Statistics Bureau, all Japan). Item indices, not shop prices. Items with weight 3 or more.