Consumer prices in Tokyo dropped 1.4 percent in November from a year earlier for the 27th consecutive monthly decline, reflecting lower fresh food prices, the government said Friday.
The consumer price index for Tokyo's 23 wards stood at 98.1 against the 1995 base of 100, the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said in a preliminary report, noting the CPI also dipped 0.6 percent from the previous month for the third straight monthly fall.
The year-on-year drop was largely due to a decline in fresh food prices, as prices of vegetables fell 7.9 percent, compared with a slip of 0.4 percent the previous month.
Excluding volatile prices of perishables, prices in Tokyo dropped 1 percent from a year earlier for the 26th straight monthly slide and sank 0.2 percent from the month before.
The nationwide price index stood at 99.2 in October, falling 0.8 percent from a year earlier, down for the 26th month and unchanged from the month before. Excluding perishables, the nationwide CPI was 99.1, down 0.7 percent from a year earlier for the 25th straight monthly fall and down 0.1 percent from the month before for the first fall in three months.