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Prices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items to rise in Japan in…

Teikoku Databank counts 20,327 Japanese food and drink items repriced this year, topping 20,000 for a second straight year; the mayo is not spared.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
Published 2:46 AM ET, Friday, October 30, 2026

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First reported by The Japan Times: “Prices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items to rise in November”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 2:46 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.
Topics: Japan.
BBN covered this story before: Japan's anime market hits a record $28.2 billion (October 30).

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The Japan TimesPrices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items to rise in November

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorJapan's grocery shelves get pricier in November.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPrices on one thousand four hundred seventy-seven products from one hundred ninety-five major food and beverage makers are set to rise, about ten times the one hundred fifty items a year earlier.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTen times. Which products, though?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorKewpie is raising its mayonnaise and dressing prices, Ito En its barley tea, and Asahi Soft Drinks its Mitsuya Cider.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe research firm Teikoku Databank says the count fell below two thousand for the first time in five months.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEven the mayo is going up, and mayo was the one thing holding my sandwich together.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAn official there says the pace may slow next year as companies watch how shoppers respond.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the whole plan depends on shoppers flinching. I'll send my regrets in advance, mayo-first.

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