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Japan's newly released Q2 2026 housing rent CPI remained flat at 101.2, maintaining the highest level since the 2020 base year. Benefiting from the Shunto wage hikes and rising construction material costs, rent, previously considered a "bedrock item" of prices, is showing a sticky, gradual upward trend. This not only verifies the structural shift in Japan's inflation but also provides important support for the Bank of Japan's subsequent monetary policy normalization path.

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