Japan July 2010
Ku-area of Tokyo August 2010(preliminary)

Released on 27 August 2010

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Summary

  The consumer price index for Japan in July 2010 was 99.2(2005=100), down 0.5% from the previous month, and down 0.9% over the year.

  The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in August 2010(preliminary) was 98.9(2005=100), up 0.4% from the previous month, and down 1.0% over the year.

Table 1   Japan, July 2010

--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	99.2		-0.5		-0.9
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	99.2		-0.6		-1.0
Food	|	102.6		-1.1		-0.5
Housing	|	99.4		0.0		-0.4
Fuel, light and water charges	|	106.3		0.2		1.8
Furniture and household utensils	|	89.2		-0.6		-4.5
Clothes and footwear	|	97.9		-3.6		-1.0
Medical care	|	98.9		-0.2		-0.5
Transportation and communication	|	98.7		-0.2		0.6
Education	|	89.8		0.0		-13.0
Reading and recreation	|	92.9		0.1		-1.5
Miscellaneous	|	101.2		-0.1		-0.3
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	99.0		-0.3		-1.1
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	96.9		-0.3		-1.5
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	99.3		-1.1		-0.6
Services	|	99.1		0.1		-1.2
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------

Table 2   Ku-area of Tokyo, August 2010(preliminary)

--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	98.9		0.4		-1.0
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	98.8		0.4		-1.1
Food	|	101.5		0.7		-1.3
Housing	|	99.0		0.0		-0.9
Fuel, light and water charges	|	104.2		0.8		2.7
Furniture and household utensils	|	88.0		-0.5		-3.7
Clothes and footwear	|	93.9		-1.5		-1.2
Medical care	|	98.7		-0.2		-0.9
Transportation and communication	|	98.9		0.7		-0.1
Education	|	96.5		0.0		-6.6
Reading and recreation	|	95.1		1.8		-1.2
Miscellaneous	|	100.6		0.0		-0.3
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	98.6		0.2		-1.1
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	97.4		0.2		-1.4
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	97.4		0.3		-1.2
Services	|	99.9		0.4		-1.0
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------

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:34KB)

Table 4 Goods and Service Group Index(Excel:27KB)

Table 5 Consumer Price Index Computed by Laspeyres' Chain Index Method for Japan (Reference Index)(Excel:29KB)

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:31KB)

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:26KB)

Table 4-2 General, excluding fresh food---Change over the year in % for Ku-area of Tokyo(Excel:26KB)

Table 4-3 General, excluding food (excluding alcoholic beverages) and energy---Change over the year in % for Ku-area of Tokyo(Excel:26KB)

 Note: Tables for Ku-area of Tokyo in August 2010 are preliminary ones.