FX.co ★ Japan Retail Sales Rise the Least Since 2022

In July 2025, Japan's retail sales saw a modest increase of 0.3% compared to the same month last year. This represents a significant deceleration from June's adjusted growth of 1.9% and falls considerably below the predicted 1.8% rise anticipated by market analysts. Despite this slow pace, which mirrors the trend observed in February 2022 when there was a decline of 0.9%, it nonetheless marks the 40th consecutive month of growth in retail sales.