Culture & recreation · code 9397
Internet connection fee
インターネット接続料
Key facts
As of August 2026, internet connection fee prices in Japan are flat year on year and up 4.7% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 104.7 (2020 = 100), up 3.1% versus January 2003, when the series begins.
Internet connection fee sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 284 monthly observations from January 2003 to August 2026. The series peaked at 104.7 in April 2025 and bottomed at 95.4 in December 2012; the latest reading is 0.0% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is +6.6%.
Latest CPI
104.7
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
0.0%
5y change %
+4.7%
Change since 2003-01
+3.1%
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 | 98.7 | +0.5% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +1.3% | 12 |
| 2021 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2022 | 100.0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2023 | 101.0 | +1.0% | 12 |
| 2024 | 104.1 | +3.1% | 12 |
| 2025 | 104.6 | +0.5% | 12 |
| 2026 | 104.7 | +0.1% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have internet connection fee 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 internet connection fee prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +4.7% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 104.7.
- When were internet connection fee prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 104.7 in April 2025. The latest reading is 0.0% 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).