Rice prices double as Japan's core inflation hits 3.7 percent
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TOKYO A customer purchases a bag of government stockpiled rice on sale in a section of convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan in Tokyo on June 17, 2025. Japan 's core inflation rate accelerated to 3.7 percent in May, official data showed on June 20, posing a threat to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership. Rice prices were more than twice as high compared to a year previously. Frustration over inflation threatens to deal a blow to Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party next month,
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