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Global inflation hits Japan's cherry blossom picnics, costs up by 25% since 2020

To gauge the degree of pain, Hideo Kumano, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research, updated an index he created in 2020, using the latest data to track the weighted average price of 14 popular "hanami" items including rice balls, bento boxes, fried chicken, potato chips and beer

Visitors take selfies in front of the early-flowering cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2026.

Ambulances carrying people who were injured on a military cargo plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Puerto Leguizamo arrive at the Military Hospital in Bogota, Colombia.

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