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TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer inflation rate excluding one-off factors, as measured by the central bank’s new gauge, hit 2.8% in April, exceeding its 2% target and accelerating from 2.5% in March, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday.
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The new index, which strips out institutional factors such as education and energy-related subsidies, showed a much faster year-on-year rise than the 1.4% rate in the benchmark core consumer price index figure the government announced last week.
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(Reporting by Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM.