８月都内物価、２．４％上昇　コメ、電気代値上がり―総務省

　総務省が３０日発表した８月の東京都区部消費者物価指数（中旬速報値、２０２０年＝１００）は、価格変動の大きい生鮮食品を除く総合指数が１０７．９と、前年同月比２．４％上昇した。プラスは３６カ月連続。コメが約２０年ぶりの高い伸び率を記録したほか、電気代の上昇が響いた。
　生鮮食品を除く食料は２．７％プラス。１３カ月ぶりに伸び率が拡大した。米類は昨夏の猛暑の影響で流通量が減少した一方、訪日客の増加などで外食需要が増え、０４年３月（２６．５％）以来となる２６．３％の大幅上昇。コメの値上がりなどに伴い、おにぎりも８．３％上昇した。
　負担軽減のための政府の補助金がいったん終了した電気代は２４．２％、都市ガス代は１６．９％それぞれ伸びた。政府は８月使用分から３カ月間、補助を再開する予定で、今後は再び伸びが鈍化すると見込まれる。（2024/08/30-11:23）

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo in August rose 2.4 pct from a year before, mainly due to hikes in rice prices and electricity fees, Japanese government data showed Friday.
   The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, stood at 107.9 for Tokyo's 23 densely populated special wards, against the 2020 base of 100, rising for the 36th straight month, the internal affairs ministry said.
   Prices of food, excluding fresh food, grew 2.7 pct, with the pace of growth accelerating from the previous month for the first time in 13 months.
   Rice prices jumped 26.3 pct year on year, the largest rise since March 2004.
   Behind the jump was a decrease in the amount of rice available on the market due to a poor crop in 2023 caused by severe summer heat, as well as higher rice demand from the restaurant industry amid increasing foreign visitors to Japan.