Japan fashion prices cool as clothing sales slip again

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:12:10 +0000

Clothing prices rise, but more slowly than the headline rate

Japanese shoppers paid a little more for what they wore in August. Nationwide, clothing and footwear prices were 1.5 per cent higher than a year earlier, up from a 1.2 per cent annual rise in July, according to the Statistics Bureau. That still leaves the category below the overall cost-of-living measure: headline consumer prices rose 1.9 per cent year on year, unchanged from the previous month, while the index excluding fresh food advanced 1.7 per cent after 1.8 per cent in July.

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Japan fashion prices cool as clothing sales slip again

Clothing prices rise, but more slowly than the headline rate