Japanese CPI data is due at 2330 GMT (22 February 2018), I posted earlier:

A few more now, via ...

Barclays:

  • We estimate that nationwide core inflation (y/y) eased to 0.8% in January.
  • We look for core CPI inflation to hold around 0.8- 0.9% y/y through June, then strengthen to above 1% y/y in Q3, marking the peak for 2018.

Capital Economics:

Underlying inflation to remain stable

  • Inflation has crept higher in recent months, partly boosted by higher energy prices.

A surge in fresh food prices should have lifted headline inflation to a four-year high in January, allowing for the impact of 2014's sales tax hike. However, energy inflation should have continued to slow despite the surge in crude oil prices in recent months.

Our best guess is that inflation excluding fresh food and energy was flat at 0.3%