Name: Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Japan 2012-2018
Creator: Statista

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In 2018, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of commodities in Japan increased by 1.3 index points compared to the base year 2015, reaching a record high with 101.3 points. In contrast, the lowest consumer price level was in 2012, with a CPI of 96.2.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Japan from 2012 to 2018

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November 2019

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2012 to 2018

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the source uses 2015 as base year with an index of 100 points

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the Consumer Price Index has been compiled monthly by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for the purpose of measuring changes of various goods and services purchased by households all over Japan, thereby analyzing the movement of prices in time series. The year for the base and weights of current index is 2015, and in principle the index is compiled, based on retail prices of each municipality and item obtained from the Retail Price Survey, using the Laspeyres-type formula.
Data prior to 2014 comes from previous reports.