５月消費者物価、３．７％上昇　コメ最大、２倍超―総務省

　総務省が２０日発表した５月の全国消費者物価指数（２０２０年＝１００）は、価格変動の大きい生鮮食品を除く総合指数が１１１．４と、前年同月比３．７％上昇した。プラスは４５カ月連続。食料品の値上がりが物価を押し上げ、高騰が続く米類は前年同月との比較で２倍超の１０１．７％上昇と、８カ月連続で過去最大の伸び率となった。
　生鮮食品を除く食料は７．７％上昇と１０カ月連続のプラス。米類は単一銘柄米のみが調査対象で、ブレンド米の価格は反映されない。このため、政府による備蓄米放出の効果は表れず、伸び幅の拡大が続いた。米に関連した品目では、おにぎりが１９．２％、すし（外食）が６．３％、いずれも上昇した。
　食料ではこのほか、チョコレートが原材料価格の高騰で２７．１％上昇、コーヒー豆が主要原産国のブラジルの天候不良で出荷量が減少し２８．２％上昇した。（2025/06/20-11:14）

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.7 pct in May from a year earlier, as prices of rice and other food products continued to soar, government data showed Friday.
   The core consumer price index, which excludes often volatile fresh food prices, stood at 111.4 against the 2020 base of 100, growing for the 45th consecutive month, the internal affairs ministry said.
   Rice prices surged 101.7 pct, marking their steepest increase on record for the eighth straight month.
   Food prices excluding fresh items jumped 7.7 pct, up for 10 months in a row.
   The survey only covers single-origin brand rice and does not reflect prices of blended rice, including stockpiled rice released by the government to curb soaring rice prices. This partly led to the continued increase in rice prices. Prices for "onigiri" rice balls rose 19.2 pct, and sushi prices grew 6.3 pct.