Japan's average monthly household spending in 2025 increased a real 0.9 percent from a year earlier, marking the first rise in three years, as higher outlays on education, entertainment and cars offset a drop in food expenses amid inflation, government data showed Friday.Households of two or more people spent an average of 314,001 yen ($2,000), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. The Engel's coefficient, which represents the proportion of household expenditure spent on food, reached 28.6 percent in 2025, the highest level in 44 years, it said.Food expenses continued to…READ FULL ARTICLE
