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Results of the 106th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (June 2026 Survey)

July 16, 2026
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan

Survey Outline

  • Survey period : From May 7 to June 9, 2026.
  • Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
  • Sample size : 4,000 people (2,031 people [i.e., 50.8 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
  • Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
  • Survey methodology : Mail survey method (responses collected by mail or via the internet).
Impression of Present Economic Conditions Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Have improved (A) 3.8 5.4 6.3 5.8
Have remained the same 33.5 38.5 41.2 31.2
Have worsened (B) 62.5 55.8 51.8 62.5
D.I. (A) minus (B) -58.7 -50.4 -45.5 -56.7
Outlook for Economic Conditions One Year from NowPercent, percentage points
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Will improve (A) 5.5 13.8 14.3 7.4
Will remain the same 48.4 53.4 52.5 42.0
Will worsen (B) 45.7 32.1 32.8 49.9
D.I. (A) minus (B) -40.2 -18.3 -18.5 -42.5
Impression of Present Household Circumstances Compared with One Year AgoPercent, percentage points
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Have become better off (A) 4.5 5.0 5.8 4.8
Difficult to say 38.6 37.0 40.1 39.6
Have become worse off (B) 56.1 57.2 53.4 55.0
D.I. (A) minus (B) -51.6 -52.2 -47.6 -50.2
Perception of the Present Price Levels Compared with One Year AgoPercent
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Have gone up significantly 69.4 70.0 68.3 68.5
Have gone up slightly 25.4 25.2 26.7 26.8
Have been almost unchanged 3.0 2.8 3.2 2.7
Have gone down slightly 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Have gone down significantly 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Outlook for Price Levels One Year from NowPercent
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Will go up significantly 32.1 28.2 29.2 40.5
Will go up slightly 55.9 57.8 54.5 49.9
Will be almost unchanged 9.3 11.1 12.4 6.7
Will go down slightly 1.2 1.9 2.7 1.5
Will go down significantly 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0
One of the Bank's Objectives Is to Achieve Price StabilityPercent
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Know about it 28.1 26.2 27.1 28.3
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 37.7 49.7 38.7 45.6
Have never heard of it 33.4 23.7 33.4 25.7
The Bank Has Set the Price Stability Target at 2 Percent in terms of the Year-on-Year Rate of Change in the CPI Percent
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Know about it 21.5 20.6 21.3 21.1
Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it 28.6 35.9 29.3 36.9
Have never heard of it 49.2 43.1 48.5 41.5
Confidence in the BankPercent
103rd survey
(Sep 2025)		 104th survey
(Dec 2025)		 105th survey
(Mar 2026)		 106th survey
(Jun 2026)
Confident 15.7 13.5 17.3 14.1
Somewhat confident 31.5 32.3 34.0 30.7
Difficult to say 41.6 45.7 37.1 45.0
Not particularly confident 5.1 4.9 5.9 6.5
Not confident 5.1 3.0 4.7 2.9

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