Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025.Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation. Government data showed the inflation figure — which strips out prices of fresh food — was in line with the 1.8% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and was higher than the 1.6% seen in February Headline inflation came in at 1.5%, compared with 1.3% in ...