Overview
- Tokyo’s core CPI excluding fresh food averaged 110.1 in 2025, a 2.7% year-on-year rise, according to the Internal Affairs Ministry.
- December’s core CPI for Tokyo rose 2.3% from a year earlier, down 0.5 percentage points from November’s 2.8% pace.
- Teikoku Databank reported 20,609 food items saw price increases in 2025, roughly 60% more than the previous year and the first time above 20,000 since 2023.
- By category, seasonings logged the most items raised (6,221), followed by alcoholic beverages and drinks (4,901) and processed foods (4,791).
- The average food price hike was 15% for the year, with confectionery and alcoholic beverages and drinks showing the highest rates at 18%, and the Tokyo core CPI is watched as a national leading indicator.