{
  "id": 10662274,
  "title": "Price Increases to Hit Japanese Households in Oct.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/price-increases-to-hit-japanese-households-in-oct",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T09:44:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026092800703/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--October will see price changes in products and services that are part of people's daily lives in Japan, including a tax cut on beer and levy hikes on quasi-beer and heat-not-burn tobacco products. Households will likely feel an increased financial burden, given that price hikes will also hit a wide range of food products, Japan Post Co.'s Yu-Pack parcel deliver...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}