Japan September 2009
Ku-area of Tokyo October 2009(preliminary)

Released on 30 October 2009

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Summary

  The consumer price index for Japan in September 2009 was 100.4(2005=100), the same level as previous month, and down 2.2% over the year.

  The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in October 2009(preliminary) was 99.4(2005=100), down 0.4% from the previous month, and down 2.4% over the year.

Table 1   Japan, September 2009

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	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	100.4		0.0		-2.2
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	100.6		0.1		-2.5
Food	|	104.0		-0.2		-0.5
Housing	|	99.8		0.0		-0.2
Fuel, light and water charges	|	103.4		-0.5		-9.1
Furniture and household utensils	|	92.7		0.0		-3.5
Clothes and footwear	|	103.1		6.0		-1.2
Medical care	|	99.2		-0.1		-0.3
Transportation and communication	|	98.2		-0.1		-6.1
Education	|	103.1		-0.1		0.9
Reading and recreation	|	94.3		-1.4		-3.2
Miscellaneous	|	101.6		0.1		-0.6
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	100.2		0.1		-2.3
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	98.6		0.1		-1.0
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	100.6		0.4		-4.0
Services	|	100.2		-0.4		-0.4
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Table 2   Ku-area of Tokyo, October 2009(preliminary)

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	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	99.4		-0.4		-2.4
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	99.2		-0.6		-2.8
Food	|	100.7		-1.7		-2.9
Housing	|	99.8		-0.1		-0.8
Fuel, light and water charges	|	100.2		-0.1		-8.5
Furniture and household utensils	|	91.1		-0.7		-4.6
Clothes and footwear	|	101.2		0.4		-2.5
Medical care	|	99.2		-0.3		-0.2
Transportation and communication	|	98.1		-0.2		-2.6
Education	|	103.3		0.0		0.6
Reading and recreation	|	94.9		0.0		-3.9
Miscellaneous	|	101.2		0.2		-1.0
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	99.6		-0.1		-2.2
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	98.8		0.0		-1.4
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	97.9		-1.0		-4.7
Services	|	100.5		0.0		-0.7
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------

Statistical Tables

(Japan)

Table 1-1 Ten Major Group Index(Excel:30KB)

Table 1-2 Ten Major Group Index---Rates of Change(Excel:32KB)

Table 2 Subgroup Index(Excel:31KB)

Table 3 Ten Major Group Index for Selected Areas (City Groups, Districts and Cities with Prefectural Governments)(Excel:33KB)

Table 4 Goods and Service Group Index(Excel:26KB)

Table 5 Consumer Price Index Computed by Laspeyres' Chain Index Method for Japan (Reference Index)(Excel:28KB)

Table 6-1 General---Change over the year in % for Japan(Excel:25KB)

Table 6-2 General, excluding fresh food---Change over the year in % for Japan(Excel:25KB)

Table 6-3 General, excluding food (excluding alcoholic beverages) and energy---Change over the year in % for Japan(Excel:25KB)

(Ku-area of Tokyo)

Table 1-1 Ten Major Group Index(Excel:30KB)

Table 1-2 Ten Major Group Index---Rates of Change(Excel:32KB)

Table 2 Subgroup Index(Excel:31KB)

Table 3 Goods and Service Group Index(Excel:26KB)

Table 4-1 General---Change over the year in % for Ku-area of Tokyo(Excel:25KB)

Table 4-2 General, excluding fresh food---Change over the year in % for Ku-area of Tokyo(Excel:25KB)

Table 4-3 General, excluding food (excluding alcoholic beverages) and energy---Change over the year in % for Ku-area of Tokyo(Excel:25KB)

 Note: Tables for Ku-area of Tokyo in October 2009 are preliminary ones.