date:Aug 06, 2013
s by as much as 4 percent in October, citing higher feed costs and the yens decline. Mayonnaise maker Kewpie Corp. and bread producer First Baking Co. raised prices in July by as much as 9 percent and 7 percent.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food increased 0.4 percent in June from a year earlier as the BOJs unprecedented monetary stimulus weakened the yen and made imports more costly.
A growing number of Japanese anticipate inflation to gain traction, with a BOJ report on July 5 showing that