Japan's economy and markets, from the primary sources.

Interactive charts built only from official Japanese data — the Bank of Japan, the Ministry of Finance, e-Stat and other primary sources — explained in plain English, with the source cited on every chart. We show the data. You decide what to make of it.

Prices

Monthly

CPI / inflation coming soon

Japan’s consumer price index — headline, core (ex-fresh-food) and core-core (ex-food & energy), 2020 = 100.

Growth

Monthly

Unemployment coming soon

Japan’s unemployment rate — the share of the labour force that is without work and looking for it.

Monthly

Industrial production coming soon

METI’s seasonally-adjusted index of how much Japan’s factories and mines produced each month, 2020 = 100.

Quarterly

Real GDP coming soon

Quarter-on-quarter change in Japan’s real, seasonally adjusted GDP, expressed as an annualized rate.

Rates & Yields

Daily

JGB yields

The yield on 10-year Japanese Government Bonds over time, plus a snapshot of yields across maturities.

Daily

Policy rate

The Bank of Japan’s main operating target — the uncollateralized overnight call rate — shown daily.

Currency

Daily

USD/JPY

How many Japanese yen one US dollar buys, using the Bank of Japan’s daily central rate.

Money

Monthly

Money stock

The size of Japan’s money supply, measured monthly by the Bank of Japan as M2 and M3.

Trade

Monthly

Trade balance

Japan’s monthly merchandise exports and imports, and the balance between them, from customs records.

Every chart links back to the agency that published the figure, states the unit and how the series is measured, and defines Japan-specific terms. See how we source and verify data.