2026年7月の飲食料品の値上げは2566品目　帝国データバンク調査、中東情勢の悪化による原油高と円安が要因　年間の値上げは1万4902品目で5年連続1万品目超え

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July twelfth. Tonight, a look at Japan's rising food prices, and the global forces pushing them up. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

A company called Teikoku Databank surveyed a hundred and ninety-five major food makers and tracked how their prices changed.

It means a survey or an investigation.

As a result, the number of food and drink products getting a price hike in July reached two thousand five hundred sixty-six items.

It means food and drink products.

It means an item, or a kind of product.

The category with the most increases in July was processed foods, like instant noodles and canned goods.

It means processed food.

It means canned food.

Breads, such as sliced bread and sweet buns, were also raised in large numbers, mainly by the big makers.

It means a major, big-name company.

The main reason for the increases is that the situation in the Middle East has worsened.

It means the situation, or the state of affairs.

Because of that, crude oil prices went up, and the cost of raw materials rose too.

It means crude oil.

It means materials, or ingredients.

On top of that, the yen has weakened, and at the end of June one dollar reached a hundred sixty-two yen.

It means a weak yen, when the yen loses value against the dollar.

Teikoku Databank predicts that September will top three thousand items, the most of any month this year.

It means a forecast or a prediction.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

Two thousand five hundred sixty-six items.

The worsening situation in the Middle East, which pushed up crude oil and material costs, along with a weaker yen.

Five years in a row, since twenty twenty-two.

That's all for tonight. The prices you see at the supermarket are shaped by things happening far away, from the price of oil to the value of the yen. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.