Japan December 2009
Ku-area of Tokyo January 2010(preliminary)

Released on 29 January 2010

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Summary

  The consumer price index for Japan in December 2009 was 99.6(2005=100), down 0.2% from the previous month, and down 1.7% over the year.

  The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in January 2010(preliminary) was 98.6(2005=100), down 0.5% from the previous month, and down 2.1% over the year.

Table 1   Japan, December 2009

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	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	99.6		-0.2		-1.7
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	99.7		-0.1		-1.8
Food	|	101.9		-0.2		-2.5
Housing	|	99.6		-0.1		-0.4
Fuel, light and water charges	|	103.7		0.5		-4.9
Furniture and household utensils	|	91.5		-0.9		-4.8
Clothes and footwear	|	103.6		-0.7		-1.9
Medical care	|	98.6		-0.5		-0.5
Transportation and communication	|	97.9		0.1		0.5
Education	|	103.1		0.0		0.8
Reading and recreation	|	93.1		-0.1		-3.3
Miscellaneous	|	101.4		-0.1		-0.5
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	99.8		-0.1		-1.3
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	98.3		-0.2		-1.2
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	99.2		-0.3		-2.7
Services	|	100.1		0.1		-0.4
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Table 2   Ku-area of Tokyo, January 2010(preliminary)

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	|	Index		Monthly		Annual
	|			Change(%)		Change(%)
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------
(Ten Major Group Index)	|
General	|	98.6		-0.5		-2.1
(General, excluding imputed rent)	|	98.3		-0.6		-2.5
Food	|	101.0		0.9		-2.4
Housing	|	99.6		0.0		-0.5
Fuel, light and water charges	|	101.6		0.5		-9.8
Furniture and household utensils	|	89.5		-0.4		-6.5
Clothes and footwear	|	91.3		-9.3		-4.0
Medical care	|	98.8		-0.1		-1.2
Transportation and communication	|	98.0		-0.2		0.6
Education	|	103.3		0.0		0.6
Reading and recreation	|	92.1		-2.0		-3.2
Miscellaneous	|	100.8		-0.1		-0.8
	|
General, excluding fresh food	|	98.5		-0.8		-2.0
General, excluding food (excluding	|
alcoholic beverages) and energy	|	97.5		-1.0		-1.4
	|
(Goods and Service Group Index)	|
Goods	|	96.7		-0.6		-4.2
Services	|	99.9		-0.5		-0.6
--------------------------------------------	|	--------------------		--------------------		--------------------

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 January 2010 are preliminary ones.