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Japan CPI Jan 2026: biggest risers and fallers
All items+1.5%YoY

All items less fresh food+1.9%
Share of items up71%of 521 items
Top 20 risers
Protein powder+50.7%
Coffee beans+50.5%
Onions+45.7%
Aseptic packaged cooked rice+32.5%
“Mochi”, rice-cakes+30.0%
Non-glutinous rice-B+27.7%
Non-glutinous rice-A+27.7%
Dermal medicines+26.3%
Chocolate+25.7%
Pet foods (cat foods)+25.2%
White potatoes+25.1%
Yellowtail+22.6%
Instant coffee+22.0%
Chewing gum+21.7%
Mackerel+21.1%
Coffee beverages-B+18.9%
Fruit juice+18.4%
Coffee beverages-A+17.3%
Salted mackerel+17.3%
Saury+17.2%
Top 15 fallers
High school fees (public)-93.1%
Cabbage-63.7%
Chinese cabbage-42.7%
Lettuce-42.7%
Radishes-34.0%
Broccoli-31.7%
Mandarin oranges-21.1%
Spinach-21.0%
School lunch (junior high school)-18.0%
Eggplants-17.9%
School lunch (elementary school)-17.6%
Nursery school fees-15.2%
Gasoline-14.6%
Tablet computers-13.1%
Asparagus-12.9%
By group
Food+3.7%
Housing+0.9%
Fuel, light & water-1.6%
Furniture & household utensils+0.8%
Clothes & footwear+1.8%
Medical care+1.9%
Transportation & communication+1.4%
Education-2.8%
Culture & recreation+1.8%
Miscellaneous+0.3%
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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.