TOKYO -- After a decade of battling deflation, the Bank of Japan is on the brink of achieving its target of stable 2% inflation. But its task is being complicated by the government's efforts to ease the strain on households.
Inflation
Japan's budding inflation expectations put BOJ in policy bind
Household relief measures complicate efforts to change how consumers think
Japanese are witnessing the fastest pace of consumer price growth in decades. (Photo by Makoto Okada)
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