According to the survey results released by the Imperial Japanese Database Company on the 31st, Japan will usher in the “biggest wave of price increases during the year”. The number of food types expected to rise in September is 4,923, about three times that of the same period last year, reaching the highest value of the types of price increases in a single month this year. The survey was conducted on 195 major food companies. Affected by the rise in crude oil prices brought about by the worsening situation in the Middle East, the price of packaging materials has risen, and companies are continuously shifting costs to commodity prices. Since April 2025, the number of monthly price increases in Japan has once again surpassed 4,000. Affected by the record depreciation of the yen, import costs continue to rise, and it is expected that the price increase in October will continue to exceed 3,000 types of food.

According to the survey results released by the Imperial Japanese Database Company on the 31st, Japan will usher in the “biggest wave of price increases during the year”. The number of food types expected to rise in September is 4,923, about three times that of the same period last year, reaching the highest value of the types of price increases in a single month this year. The survey was conducted on 195 major food companies. Affected by the rise in crude oil prices brought about by the worsening situation in the Middle East, the price of packaging materials has risen, and companies are continuously shifting costs to commodity prices. Since April 2025, the number of monthly price increases in Japan has once again surpassed 4,000. Affected by the record depreciation of the yen, import costs continue to rise, and it is expected that the price increase in October will continue to exceed 3,000 types of food.