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we start here in the uk — where later today, prime minister borisjohnson will promise new measures to rejuvenate the flagging economy. as part of a visit to the northern county of lancashire, he will pledge reforms to help with the soaring cost of everything, quote, "from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing". it comes as fuel prices hit a new record, rail workers threaten strike action over pay, and the oecd think tank warns the uk will be the worst performing economy in the developed world. our business editor simonjack reports. it's a shocking site but maybe not ...

Recent memory. for more than 40 years, this cost 10 yen it is now 12 yen or about a 2 cents raise. it is not a lot at all but here injapan, raising prices is a big deal. partly because people's wages haven't gone up since the 90s but more than that, in a society that believes in sharing social burdens, it is almost a cultural taboo. so much so that the company which makes this launched an ad campaign to explain why they had to do so. almost a decade after it was set, japan finally had its inflation target of 2% in april this year. but with much of it driven by the global rise in prices rather ...