The consumer prices in japan They experienced their biggest rise in seven years in April, official data indicated last Friday, in a context of strong global inflation and depreciation of the yen against the dollar.
the main Consumer price indexwhich excludes fresh food, showed an increase of 2.1% year-on-yearaccording to data published by the Minister of Internal Affairs.
It is the first time since March 2015 that inflation exceeds 2% in Japan. In March, prices rose 0.8%, already the strongest increase in more than two years.