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

All items less fresh food+1.4%
Share of items up70%of 522 items
Top 20 risers
“Mochi”, rice-cakes+38.9%
Coffee beans+37.7%
Aseptic packaged cooked rice+35.4%
Chocolate+26.0%
Salted mackerel+25.6%
Green tea+24.8%
Dermal medicines+24.2%
Onions+24.1%
Chewing gum+21.5%
Rings+20.5%
Broccoli+17.5%
Coffee beverages-A+17.1%
Tuna fish+16.5%
Coffee beverages-B+15.9%
Cereal+14.6%
Detergent, laundry+14.5%
Saury+14.5%
Instant coffee+14.2%
“Konnyaku”, devil's-tongue+13.9%
Prepared pasta sauce+13.7%
Top 15 fallers
School lunch (elementary school)-98.4%
High school fees (private)-73.2%
Nursery school fees-21.6%
School lunch (junior high school)-18.2%
Carrots-16.3%
Welsh onions-14.4%
Pianos-12.8%
Avocados-12.5%
Chinese cabbage-12.2%
Lotus roots-9.6%
Masks-9.2%
Vacuum cleaners-8.4%
Toilet seat with a hot douche-7.5%
Burdocks-7.4%
Gasoline-7.0%
By group
Food+3.3%
Housing+0.9%
Fuel, light & water-1.5%
Furniture & household utensils+2.0%
Clothes & footwear+1.4%
Medical care+0.3%
Transportation & communication+2.5%
Education-3.9%
Culture & recreation+1.4%
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.