Bank of Japan December quarterly survey: 86.0% of Japanese households expect prices to rise in one year, compared to 88.0% in the previous survey. 83.0% of Japanese households expect prices to rise in five years, up from 84.8% in the previous survey. Japanese households expect the average inflation rate to increase by 11.6% in one year from now, with a median of 10.0%. Japanese households expect the average inflation rate to increase by 9.8% in five years, with a median of 5.0%.