Tokyo CPI in Japan decreased to 1.40 percent in May from 1.50 percent in April of 2026. Tokyo CPI in Japan averaged 2.39 percent from 1971 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 24.00 percent in October of 1974 and a record low of -2.40 percent in October of 2009. source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Components	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Tokyo Core CPI YoY	1.30	1.50	percent	May 2026
Tokyo CPI Ex Food and Energy YoY	1.60	1.90	percent	May 2026

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI	113.00	112.70	points	Apr 2026
Core Consumer Prices	112.50	112.10	points	Apr 2026
Core Inflation Rate YoY	1.40	1.80	percent	Apr 2026
CPI Clothes and Footwear	113.30	112.40	points	Apr 2026
Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	1.90	2.40	percent	Apr 2026
CPI Education	89.90	95.90	points	Apr 2026
CPI Food	128.40	128.70	points	Apr 2026
CPI Housing Utilities	104.70	104.60	points	Apr 2026
CPI Recreation and Culture	117.40	116.90	points	Apr 2026
CPI Transportation and Communication	101.30	101.50	points	Apr 2026
Food Inflation	3.50	3.60	percent	Apr 2026
Inflation Rate YoY	1.40	1.50	percent	Apr 2026
Inflation Rate MoM	0.10	0.40	percent	Apr 2026
Tokyo CPI YoY	1.40	1.50	percent	May 2026

Japan Tokyo CPI YoY

In Tokyo, the most important categories in the consumer price index are Housing (26 percent of total weight) and Food (25 percent), followed by Culture and recreation (10 percent), Transportation and communication (10 percent), Fuel, light and water charges (6 percent), Miscellaneous (5 percent), Education (5 percent), Clothes and footwear (5 percent), Medical care (4 percent), and Furniture and household utensils (3 percent).