Japan Household Inflation Expectations

Name: Japan Household Inflation Expectations
Creator: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office – Consumer Confidence Survey
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Share of households expecting prices one year ahead to fall, stay the same or rise by each range, for two-or-more-person, one-person and all households, monthly since April 2004. 48 series.

Source: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office – Consumer Confidence SurveyLast updated: Sep 22, 2026, 15:11Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Two-or-more-person households14
Go down (greater than or equal to -5%)	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.5
Go down (less than -5% to greater than or equal to -2%)	1.5	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.4
Go down (less than -2%)	2.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.1	3.5	1.5	1.3	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1	0.8	0.9	1	1	1	0.8	1.3	0.9	0.7	1	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.9	1
Go down (total)	4.6	2.5	2.2	1.9	2.3	2.5	6.1	3.1	2.8	3.5	2.2	2.3	1.7	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	2.2	2	2	1.9	2	2.3	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.8	2.4	2.3	1.9
Go down (Month over month change)	2.1	0.3	0.3	-0.4	-0.2	-3.6	3	0.3	-0.7	1.3	-0.1	0.6	-0.8	0	0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.2	0	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.1	0	-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.1	0.4	-0.2
Go down (Year-over-year change)	2.9	0	-0.3	-0.3	0	0.4	3.7	0.9	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	-0.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.8	-0.5	-0.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	-0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2
stay the same about 0%2	4.6	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.7	6.1	4.2	3.6	4	3.2	2.4	2.9	3.1	3.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.9	3	3.2	3.2	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.6	3.1	3.4	4	4	4.3	3.4	3.2	2.4	2.7
stay the same about 0% (Month over month change)	1.7	0.4	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	-3.4	1.9	0.6	-0.4	0.8	0.8	-0.5	-0.2	0	1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0	-0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	-0.5	-0.3	-0.6	0	-0.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	-0.3	-0.2
stay the same about 0% (Year-over-year change)	1.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	3.5	1.4	0.7	1	0	-0.8	-0.9	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	-0.9	-0.9	-1.4	-1.2	-1.4	-0.4	0	0.8	1.1	0.4	0	-0.1	0.7	1.1	2.4	2	2.6	1.5	1.5	0.3	0.4
Go up (less than 2%)	11.7	10	8.7	7.7	6.7	7.7	14.2	12.2	11.7	11.3	9.2	10.2	9.6	8.7	10.4	8.2	6.3	7.4	8.9	8.5	11.6	11.6	11.5	12.8	14.5	12.4	12.4	11.8	13.4	13.3	16.3	16.6	14.3	14	10.8	10.2	10.1
Go up (greater than or equal to 2% to less than 5%)	31.2	30.7	30.6	29.8	28.8	32	34.9	35.4	35.2	34.6	32.9	34	34	32.4	32.9	29.9	26.9	31.2	30.5	32.5	33.7	34.1	33.8	33.7	34.9	35.3	34.6	34.8	35.6	38.3	37.5	36.1	35.1	33	32.9	32.4	32.5
Go up (greater than or equal to 5%)	46.1	52.1	54	56	58.1	53.4	36.5	43.7	44.9	44.7	50.5	49.2	49.8	51.3	48.8	55.5	60	55.3	53.9	52.3	48.4	47.5	47.9	46.6	42.7	45.5	46.8	46.9	44	40.8	37.7	38.4	41.4	44.6	48.8	51.1	51.1
Go up (total)	89	92.8	93.3	93.5	93.6	93.1	85.6	91.3	91.8	90.6	92.6	93.4	93.4	92.4	92.1	93.6	93.2	93.9	93.3	93.3	93.7	93.2	93.2	93.1	92.1	93.2	93.8	93.5	93	92.4	91.5	91.1	90.8	91.6	92.5	93.7	93.7
Go up (Month over month change)	-3.8	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	7.5	-5.7	-0.5	1.2	-2	-0.8	0	1	0.3	-1.5	0.4	-0.7	0.6	0	-0.4	0.5	0	0.1	1	-1.1	-0.6	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.3	-0.8	-0.9	-1.2	0	0.9
Go up (Year-over-year change)	-4.4	0.4	1.2	-0.1	0.4	-0.8	-7.7	-2	-1.9	-2.6	-0.6	0.3	1.3	-0.8	-1.7	0.1	0.2	1.5	1.8	2.2	2.9	1.6	0.7	-0.6	-1.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	-0.2	-1.7	-2.8	-2.7	-2.8	-2.4	-1.8	-0.3	-0.1
Don't know	1.8	1.7	1.8	2	1.8	1.8	2.2	1.5	1.8	2.1	1.9	1.9	2	2	2.2	2.1	2.3	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	2	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7
One-person households14
Go down (greater than or equal to -5%)	1.1	1	0.9	0.9	0.9	1	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.7	1	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.9	1	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.6	1	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.6
Go down (less than -5% to greater than or equal to -2%)	2.2	1	1	0.9	1	0.8	1.9	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.9	1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.1	1	0.8	0.7	0.5	1	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.2	0.8	1	1.1	0.8	0.8
Go down (less than -2%)	2.1	1.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.2	3.3	1.7	1.9	2.5	1.4	1.2	0.9	1.5	0.8	0.8	1	0.9	1.2	0.8	1.1	1.4	1	1.2	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.7	1.7	2	1.9	1.2	1	1.2
Go down (total)	5.4	3.1	3.5	2.6	2.6	3	6.4	3.8	3.9	4.4	3.1	2.5	2.4	3.1	2.3	2.3	3.1	2.8	2.6	2	1.9	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	2	2.9	3.2	3.9	3.5	3.5	2.9	2.7	2.6
Go down (Month over month change)	2.3	-0.4	0.9	0	-0.4	-3.4	2.6	-0.1	-0.5	1.3	0.6	0.1	-0.7	0.8	0	-0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.1	-0.7	0	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0.5	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	-0.3	-0.7	0.4	0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.2
Go down (Year-over-year change)	3	0	1.2	0.3	-0.5	0.2	3.8	1.8	2	1.8	0.5	-0.3	-0.5	0.7	0.4	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	-0.6	-1.9	-1.6	-0.9	-0.3	0.1	0.3	0	-0.7	-0.6	-0.8	-0.6	0	1	0.7	0.9	0	-0.2	0
stay the same about 0%2	5.6	4	4.1	4.2	3.6	4.3	7.1	4.5	5.1	5	3.6	4	4	3.8	3.2	3.3	2.9	3.3	3.6	4.1	4.1	4	4.5	4.4	5.2	4.7	4.3	3.9	4.1	5.2	5	5.9	4.9	4.1	3.4	4	3.3
stay the same about 0% (Month over month change)	1.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	-2.8	2.6	-0.6	0.1	1.4	-0.4	0	0.2	0.6	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.5	0	0.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-1.1	0.2	-0.9	1	0.8	0.7	-0.6	0.7	-0.3
stay the same about 0% (Year-over-year change)	1.6	0.2	0.9	0.9	0.7	1	3.5	0.4	1	1	-0.9	-0.4	-1.2	-0.9	-1.1	-0.6	-1.2	-1.9	-1.4	-1.8	-0.8	-0.1	1.1	0.4	1.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.9	2.2	3.2	2	1.1	0.6	0.6	-0.5
Go up (less than 2%)	12.1	11	9.6	8.4	7.9	8.9	15	13.3	12.4	12.4	10.8	10.8	9.7	8.8	10.2	8.8	6.9	8.7	8.7	10.7	12.1	13	12.1	12.5	12.7	12.2	12.1	11.3	12.2	12.5	14.9	14.3	13.4	12.9	10.1	10.1	10
Go up (greater than or equal to 2% to less than 5%)	30	29.1	27.6	29.1	26.5	29.2	31	32.8	30.2	31.4	28.9	31.3	32.4	30.6	31.3	28.5	26	28.6	29.5	30.1	30.9	30.9	31.9	32.8	34	34	33	33.5	35.6	35.8	33.6	33.3	32.2	31.5	31.6	30.4	28.4
Go up (greater than or equal to 5%)	42.8	49.1	51.5	52	56.2	51.5	37.2	42.8	45.3	43.5	50.8	49.2	49.2	50.5	49.8	54.1	58.3	53.9	52.9	50.9	48.5	47	46.5	45	42.6	44.7	46.6	46.5	43.2	41.2	40.4	39.7	43.5	45.3	49.4	49.9	53.2
Go up (total)	84.9	89.2	88.7	89.5	90.6	89.6	83.2	88.9	87.9	87.3	90.5	91.3	91.3	89.9	91.3	91.4	91.2	91.2	91.1	91.7	91.5	90.9	90.5	90.3	89.3	90.9	91.7	91.3	91	89.5	88.9	87.3	89.1	89.7	91.1	90.4	91.6
Go up (Month over month change)	-4.3	0.5	-0.8	-1.1	1	6.4	-5.7	1	0.6	-3.2	-0.8	0	1.4	-1.4	-0.1	0.2	0	0.1	-0.6	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	1	-1.6	-0.8	0.4	0.3	1.5	0.6	1.6	-1.8	-0.6	-1.4	0.7	-1.2	0.2
Go up (Year-over-year change)	-6.4	-0.7	-2.6	-1.9	-0.6	-1.6	-7.9	-2.8	-3.6	-3.6	0	1	2	-1	-0.4	0.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.4	2.4	1.2	-0.6	-0.1	-2.3	-0.5	0.4	0.9	-0.8	-1.8	-2.1	-4.5	-3.1	-2	-0.7	-1.1	0.1
Don't know	4.1	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.2	3.1	3.3	2.7	3.1	3.3	2.9	2.2	2.3	3.2	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.8	2	2.1	2.4	2.8	2.4	2.8	3	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.8	2.5
All households14
Go down (greater than or equal to -5%)	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.5
Go down (less than -5% to greater than or equal to -2%)	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.9	1	1	1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.5
Go down (less than -2%)	2.3	1	1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	1.6	1.5	2.1	1.1	1	0.8	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.9	1	0.8	1	1.1	1	0.9	1.4	1	0.8	1	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.1	1	1.1
Go down (total)	4.9	2.7	2.7	2.1	2.3	2.6	6.2	3.3	3.1	3.8	2.6	2.3	2	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.3	2.5	2	1.9	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.4	2	1.9	2	2.2	2.7	2.8	3.2	2.9	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.1
Go down (Month over month change)	2.2	0	0.6	-0.2	-0.3	-3.6	2.9	0.2	-0.7	1.2	0.3	0.3	-0.7	0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.1	-0.3	0	0	-0.2	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	-0.2
Go down (Year-over-year change)	2.9	0	0.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.3	3.7	1.3	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-1.2	-1	-0.9	-0.4	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	0	0	0.5	-0.1	0.5	0.2	0	-0.3
stay the same about 0%2	4.9	3.3	3.1	3.2	2.8	3.3	6.5	4.3	4.1	4.3	3.4	3	3.3	3.4	3.2	2.6	2.5	2.8	3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.7	4.3	3.8	3.3	3.1	3.5	4	4.4	4.7	4.5	3.6	3.3	3	2.9
stay the same about 0% (Month over month change)	1.6	0.2	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	-3.2	2.2	0.2	-0.2	0.9	0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0	-0.3	0	-0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.3
stay the same about 0% (Year-over-year change)	1.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	0.3	0.5	3.5	1	0.7	0.9	-0.3	-0.7	-1	-0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-1	-1.2	-1.4	-1.4	-1.1	-0.2	0.4	0.7	1.4	0.6	0.2	0	0.7	1.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	1.4	1.3	0.5	0.1
Go up (less than 2%)	11.8	10.4	9	8	7.2	8.2	14.5	12.6	12	11.7	9.8	10.4	9.6	8.7	10.3	8.4	6.5	7.9	8.8	9.3	11.8	12.1	11.7	12.7	13.9	12.4	12.3	11.6	13	13	15.8	15.7	14	13.6	10.6	10.2	10.1
Go up (greater than or equal to 2% to less than 5%)	30.8	30.1	29.5	29.5	28	31	33.5	34.4	33.4	33.4	31.4	33	33.4	31.7	32.3	29.4	26.5	30.2	30.2	31.6	32.7	32.9	33.1	33.4	34.5	34.8	34	34.3	35.6	37.4	36.1	35.1	34	32.5	32.4	31.7	31
Go up (greater than or equal to 5%)	44.9	50.9	53.1	54.6	57.4	52.7	36.7	43.4	45	44.3	50.6	49.2	49.6	51	49.1	54.9	59.4	54.7	53.5	51.8	48.4	47.4	47.3	46.1	42.7	45.2	46.7	46.8	43.6	40.9	38.7	39	42.2	44.9	49	50.7	51.9
Go up (total)	87.5	91.4	91.6	92.1	92.6	91.9	84.7	90.4	90.4	89.4	91.8	92.6	92.6	91.4	91.7	92.7	92.4	92.8	92.5	92.7	92.9	92.4	92.1	92.2	91.1	92.4	93	92.7	92.2	91.3	90.6	89.8	90.2	91	92	92.6	93
Go up (Month over month change)	-3.9	-0.2	-0.5	-0.5	0.7	7.2	-5.7	0	1	-2.4	-0.8	0	1.2	-0.3	-1	0.3	-0.4	0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.5	0.3	-0.1	1.1	-1.3	-0.6	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.8	-0.4	-0.8	-1	-0.6	-0.4	0.7
Go up (Year-over-year change)	-5.1	0	-0.1	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	-7.8	-2.3	-2.5	-3	-0.3	0.4	1.5	-1	-1.3	0	0.2	1.5	1.9	2.9	2.7	1.4	0.1	-0.4	-1.9	0.1	0.6	0.6	-0.6	-1.9	-2.7	-3.3	-3	-2.2	-1.5	-0.6	-0.2
Don't know	2.7	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.3	2.6	1.9	2.3	2.6	2.3	2	2.1	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.5	2	2.1	1.9	1.8	2	2	2	2.2	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	2

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Go down (greater than or equal to -5%) stood at 0.7 % of households in Aug 2026. That is −0.1 pp from Jul 2026 and +0.2 pp from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2004 to Aug 2026. Source: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office – Consumer Confidence Survey.

Latest: 0.7 % of households; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −0.1 pp; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: +0.2 pp

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Share of households expecting prices one year ahead to fall, stay the same or rise by each range, for two-or-more-person, one-person and all households, monthly since April 2004. 48 series. Source: ESRI, Cabinet Office — Consumer Confidence Survey.