Transport & communication · code 7530
Shinkansen fare
料金（ＪＲ，新幹線）
Key facts
As of August 2026, shinkansen fare prices in Japan are flat year on year and down 1.0% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 103.5 (2020 = 100), up 192.4% versus January 1975, when the series begins.
Shinkansen fare sits in the transport & communication group of Japan's CPI basket, with 620 monthly observations from January 1975 to August 2026. The series peaked at 104.5 in August 2020 and bottomed at 35.4 in January 1975; the latest reading is -1.0% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +0.8%.
Latest CPI
103.5
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
0.0%
5y change %
-1.0%
Change since 1975-01
+192.4%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98.2 | +0.7% | 12 |
| 2016 | 98.2 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2017 | 98.2 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2018 | 98.2 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2019 | 98.6 | +0.4% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +1.4% | 12 |
| 2021 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.9 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2023 | 100.4 | +0.5% | 12 |
| 2024 | 100.6 | +0.2% | 12 |
| 2025 | 100.8 | +0.2% | 12 |
| 2026 | 100.9 | +0.1% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have shinkansen fare prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, 0.0% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have shinkansen fare prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- -1.0% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 103.5.
- When were shinkansen fare prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 104.5 in August 2020. The latest reading is -1.0% against that peak.
- What is the difference between the index and the yen price?
- This page carries two kinds of number. The index (2020 = 100) measures percentage change over time and is not a yen amount; the yen figure is an actual average retail price from the government's retail price survey. Source: 総務省統計局 消費者物価指数 (e-Stat table 0003427113, nationwide, monthly).