Culture & recreation · code 9403
Web content subscription
ウェブコンテンツ利用料
Key facts
As of August 2026, web content subscription prices in Japan are up 2.3% year on year and up 12.3% over five years. The official consumer price index stands at 111.2 (2020 = 100), up 25.6% versus January 2010, when the series begins.
Web content subscription sits in the culture & recreation group of Japan's CPI basket, with 200 monthly observations from January 2010 to August 2026. The series peaked at 111.2 in August 2026 and bottomed at 84.9 in May 2012; the latest reading is at its highest recorded level. Against ten years ago it is +28.6%.
Latest CPI
111.2
2026-08 (2020=100)
YoY %
+2.3%
5y change %
+12.3%
Change since 2010-01
+25.6%
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87.8 | +0.7% | 12 |
| 2016 | 87.7 | -0.1% | 12 |
| 2017 | 90.5 | +3.2% | 12 |
| 2018 | 92.6 | +2.3% | 12 |
| 2019 | 95.4 | +3.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +4.8% | 12 |
| 2021 | 99.7 | -0.3% | 12 |
| 2022 | 99.7 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2023 | 103.8 | +4.1% | 12 |
| 2024 | 106.8 | +2.9% | 12 |
| 2025 | 108.7 | +1.8% | 12 |
| 2026 | 109.4 | +0.6% | 8 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
- How much have web content subscription prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of August 2026, +2.3% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have web content subscription prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- +12.3% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 111.2.
- When were web content subscription prices in Japan at their highest?
- Right now. The latest month, August 2026, is the highest reading in the series at 111.2 — a record high since the series began.
- 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).