Tokyo, Japan - June 29, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Store selling vegetables, fruits; customers
2. Various of customers in supermarket, food products for sale
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) local resident (name not given):
"Items we absolutely need for daily life, like eggs and vegetables, we used to buy them frequently. Now, the prices of all items have gone up, even the cheapest ones. Therefore, our food expenses have increased significantly."
4. Cashier checking products customer buys
5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) local resident (name not given) (starting with shot 4/ending with shot 6):
"Prices are rising too drastically, which is a huge blow to our family budget. My child is growing up and eating more, so I'm really worried about how high prices will eventually go."
6. Various of customers choosing meat products in supermarket, food products for sale
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hiromichi Akiba, supermarket owner (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"My overall impression is that many items are experiencing price hikes, and the increases are quite substantial. The situation is becoming increasingly evident, with more and more goods being affected. Costs for things like packaging materials are going up, and of course, labor costs in Japan are also rising continuously. All kinds of costs are climbing. Right now, we are doing our utmost and trying every possible way to cope with the situation."
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8. Various of food products for sale
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9. Various of bank clerk checking Japanese yen banknotes through bill counter
10. Various of signs of Bank of Japan

Tokyo, Japan - June 29, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hideo Kumano, executive director, Japan Association for Financial Planners (starting with shots 9-10/ending with shot 12):
"The rise in food prices is because many ingredients are not sourced domestically in Japan but rely on overseas imports. Affected by the depreciation of the Japanese yen, the prices of wheat, soybeans, and corn have risen. This, in turn, has increased the costs of raising livestock such as pigs, chickens, and cattle. In other words, the weak yen is driving up overall food prices, which has now become an unavoidable source of inflationary pressure."

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12. Various of traffic, pedestrians
13. Various of cityscape, traffic

Japanese consumers are facing a relentless wave of price increases as a plunging yen and soaring raw material costs continue to drive up the cost of living.

According to a recent survey by the Japanese private research institute Teikoku Databank, more than 20,000 products are expected to see price hikes by the end of the year.

The Japanese yen plunged into the lower 162 zone against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, hitting its weakest level since December 1986.

The currency's sharp depreciation, coupled with the turbulent situation in the Middle East and surging global commodity prices, has dramatically increased inflation pressure on Japan’s economy.

According to Teikoku Databank's latest survey of 195 major food manufacturers in Japan, nearly 15,000 food and beverage items have risen in price so far this year, with another 2,566 items expected to see price jumps in July alone.

The survey suggests that food companies are accelerating the pass-through of surging costs to consumers, which will deal a heavy blow to ordinary citizens.

"Items we absolutely need for daily life, like eggs and vegetables, we used to buy them frequently. Now, the prices of all items have gone up, even the cheapest ones. Therefore, our food expenses have increased significantly," said a Tokyo resident.

Another resident expressed deep concern over the relentless inflation.

"Prices are rising too drastically, which is a huge blow to our family budget. My child is growing up and eating more, so I'm really worried about how high prices will eventually go," said the resident.

The continuous surge in food prices is also placing immense pressure on the retail sector.

Hiromichi Akiba, who has been running a supermarket in Tokyo for 35 years, noted that the combined pressures of rising commodity prices and increasing labor costs are severely squeezing supermarket operations.

"My overall impression is that many items are experiencing price hikes, and the increases are quite substantial. The situation is becoming increasingly evident, with more and more goods being affected. Costs for things like packaging materials are going up, and of course, labor costs in Japan are also rising continuously. All kinds of costs are climbing. Right now, we are doing our utmost and trying every possible way to cope with the situation," said Akiba.

Structural factors have exacerbated the issue, particularly Japan's heavy reliance on foreign imports, according to Hideo Kumano, executive director of the Japan Association for Financial Planners.

"The rise in food prices is because many ingredients are not sourced domestically in Japan but rely on overseas imports. Affected by the depreciation of the Japanese yen, the prices of wheat, soybeans, and corn have risen. This, in turn, has increased the costs of raising livestock such as pigs, chickens, and cattle. In other words, the weak yen is driving up overall food prices, which has now become an unavoidable source of inflationary pressure," said Kumano.

日本・東京-2026年6月29日（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.青果店、買い物客
2.スーパー、買い物客
3.同録（日本語）日本の消費者（氏名不詳）
「必ず買うもの、卵とか、野菜とかも一番安くてよく買ってたものも値上がりしてるから、家計的には食費がかかるようになりました」
4.スーパーのレジ、買い物かごに野菜
5.同録（日本語）日本の消費者（氏名不詳）（ショット4からスタート/ショット6で終わる）
「どんどん、どんどん値上がりしすぎてて、家計にすごい大打撃。子どもがね、どんどん成長して大きくなってきているので、一体どこまで値上がりするのか不安かなと思ってます」
6.スーパー、買い物客
7.同録（日本語）都内のスーパー　秋葉弘道社長（一部インサート、ショット8）
「値上がりの品目の量が多いってことと、値上がり幅が結構多いっていうイメージですね。それからやっぱり、どんどんどんどん出てきてるなと。品目もやっぱり色々多岐にわたってパッケージ資材とか、当然日本の場合人件費もすごい上がってるんですよね。ですから、色々なものが上がっちゃってるんで、多くの要素で努力をすごいしているのが今の現状ですね」
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8.販売中の食品
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9.紙幣計数機、日本円紙幣
10.日本銀行のサイン

日本・東京-2026年6月29日（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
11.同録（日本語）第一ライフ資産運用経済研究所　熊野英生首席エコノミスト（ショット9-10からスタート/ショット12で終わる）
「食料品の物価上昇というのは、まさに食材は国内じゃなくて海外から輸入している。円安の影響で小麦、大豆、トウモロコシ、それを食べて育てている家畜、豚、鳥、牛そういう全般に物価上昇の圧力が、円安は食料品価格の高騰につながっていくので。この部分がどうしようもない物価上昇圧力になってるというのが、実情なんですね」

資料：日本・東京-詳細な時間は不明（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
12.街並み、交通、歩行者
13.街並み、交通

　記録的な円安や原材料費の高騰が、日本の食卓を直撃している。

　帝国データバンクの調査によると、年内に食品2万品目超が値上げされる見通しで、家計への打撃が懸念されている。

　中東情勢の緊張や世界的な商品市況の高騰も追い打ちをかけ、インフレ圧力が一段と高まっている。

　こうした中、食品メーカー各社は急騰するコストを消費者に転嫁する動きを加速させていて、一般家庭の負担はますます重くなっているという。

　調査対象となった食品メーカーは195社、今年に入ってからの値上げは累計約1万5000品目に上った。7月だけで2566品目が値上げされ、年末までに2万品目を超える見込みだ。

　＜日本の消費者＞
　「必ず買うもの、卵とか、野菜とかも一番安くてよく買ってたものも値上がりしてるから、家計的には食費がかかるようになりました」

　歯止めのかからない物価高騰や先行きを懸念する声が多い。

　＜日本の消費者＞
　「どんどん、どんどん値上がりしすぎてて、家計にすごい大打撃。子どもがね、どんどん成長して大きくなってきているので、一体どこまで値上がりするのか不安かなと思ってます」

　食料品の価格高騰は、小売業界にも深刻な圧力となっている。

　東京で35年間スーパーマーケットを営む秋葉弘道社長は、原材料高と人件費増加という二重の負担に苦しむ現場の実情をこう語る。

　＜都内のスーパー　秋葉弘道社長＞
　「値上がりの品目の量が多いってことと、値上がり幅が結構多いっていうイメージですね。それからやっぱり、どんどんどんどん出てきてるなと。品目もやっぱり色々多岐にわたってパッケージ資材とか、当然日本の場合人件費もすごい上がってるんですよね。ですから、色々なものが上がっちゃってるんで、多くの要素で努力をすごいしているのが今の現状ですね」

　食料品価格の高騰について、日本の食料自給率の低さや輸入依存など構造的な要因が問題を深刻化させているという。

　＜第一ライフ資産運用経済研究所　熊野英生首席エコノミスト＞
　「食料品の物価上昇というのは、まさに食材は国内じゃなくて海外から輸入している。円安の影響で小麦、大豆、トウモロコシ、それを食べて育てている家畜、豚、鳥、牛そういう全般に物価上昇の圧力が、円安は食料品価格の高騰につながっていくので。この部分がどうしようもない物価上昇圧力になってるというのが、実情なんですね」