Tag: electric utility

[from Japan’s Cabinet Office (内閣府) Economic and Social Research]

Results

1. The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan decreased by 3.7% in August from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
2. Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, increased a seasonally adjusted by 5.2% in August.

Percentage change from previous quarter (month)

(%)

	2025 Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	2026 Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep (forecast)	2026 May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Total	3.5	10.2	10.3	11.3	-0.1	9.5	0.4	-5.5	-3.7
private sector	-1.3	6.2	2.6	14.6	-3.8	37.4	-26.0	1.5	-4.2
(exc. volatile orders)	-1.0	6.6	6.4	0.2	4.9	-12.4	9.7	-3.7	5.2
manufacturing	5.3	-0.8	10.0	-1.3	4.0	-14.9	19.9	-1.0	1.6
non-manufacturing (exc. volatile orders)	-4.4	11.3	6.2	-2.3	5.9	-9.3	4.5	-2.6	2.9
governments	-14.7	57.7	-21.3	-17.8	28.5	-5.0	10.5	-9.2	-6.1
from overseas	14.5	3.6	31.0	10.4	1.3	-4.4	19.9	-8.2	-7.7
through agencies	0.3	2.6	4.8	6.7	11.1	-5.8	7.2	1.3	-6.3

Note

1. Seasonally adjusted series. As all series are seasonally adjusted individually, a sum of seasonally adjusted individual/component series does not equal to seasonally adjusted totals.
2. Volatile orders: Orders for ships and those from electric power companies.

References

Chart 1: Total Value of Machinery Orders

Chart 2: Private Sector (excluding volatile orders)

Table 1: Machinery Orders by Sectors

(billion Yen %)

	2025 Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	2026 Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep (forecast)	2026 May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Total	9,543.6 (3.5) [6.1]	10,514.8 (10.2) [13.5]	11,593.0 (10.3) [23.5]	12,900.0 (11.3) [39.4]	12,881.0 (-0.1) [36.7]	4,422.2 (9.5) [40.4]	4,439.0 (0.4) [43.7]	4,195.7 (-5.5) [36.8]	4,041.9 (-3.7) [26.1]
private sector	3,370.6 (-1.3) [12.9]	3,580.8 (6.2) [11.2]	3,674.3 (2.6) [11.6]	4,210.8 (14.6) [22.4]	4,051.2 (-3.8) [21.0]	1,706.2 (37.4) [40.8]	1,262.6 (-26.0) [12.7]	1,281.3 (1.5) [10.3]	1,226.9 (-4.2) [13.8]
(exc. volatile orders)	2,741.4 (-1.0) [6.6]	2,921.6 (6.6) [8.1]	3,109.2 (6.4) [12.6]	3,116.2 (0.2) [10.8]	3,268.6 (4.9) [19.9]	962.0 (-12.4) [-1.9]	1,055.8 (9.7) [16.9]	1,016.9 (-3.7) [11.2]	1,069.8 (5.2) [18.6]
manufacturing	1,369.3 (5.3) [14.0]	1,357.8 (-0.8) [3.9]	1,493.7 (10.0) [14.8]	1,474.8 (-1.3) [12.5]	1,534.0 (4.0) [12.6]	437.2 (-14.9) [-4.7]	524.1 (19.9) [27.4]	518.6 (-1.0) [20.5]	527.0 (1.6) [23.5]
non-manufacturing (exc. volatile orders)	1,409.5 (-4.4) [1.5]	1,568.1 (11.3) [12.0]	1,666.0 (62) [12.5]	1,627.2 (-2.3) [9.6]	1,723.8 (5.9) [25.6]	516.9 (-9.3) [0.9]	540.2 (4.5) [8.5]	525.9 (-2.6) [5.7]	541.3 (2.9) [10.8]
governments	1,159.4 (-14.7) [-22.7]	1,828.8 (57.7) [-4.4]	1,439.2 (-21.3) [-18.6]	1,183.4 (-17.8) [-13.2]	1,521.2 (28.5) [33.4]	374.7 (-5.0) [-24.9]	414.2 (10.5) [-7.3]	376.2 (-9.2) [-25.8]	353.3 (-6.1) [8.1]
from overseas	4,624.3 (14.5) [10.3]	4,789.4 (3.6) [22.3]	6,275.3 (31.0) [57.2]	6.928.8 (10.4) [71.1]	7.016.5 (1.3) [55.6]	2,135.5 (-4.4) [62.2]	2,559.6 (19.9) [83.8]	2,350.2 (-8.2) [81.5]	2,168.7 (-7.7) [36.9]
through agencies	410.6 (0.3) [9.1]	421.3 (2.6) [13.1]	441.3 (4.8) [18.7]	470.7 (6.7) [13.7]	522.7 (11.1) [24.7]	150.2 (-5.8) [0.4]	161.0 (7.2) [16.1]	163.1 (1.3) [12.1]	152.8 (-6.3) [17.4]

Notes

1. Seasonally adjusted series. As all series are seasonally adjusted individually, a sum of seasonally adjusted individual/component series does not equal to seasonally adjusted totals.
2. Figures in () represent the percentage change from the previous quarter (month). Figures in [] are the percentage change from the corresponding quarter (month) of the previous year in original series.
3. Volatile orders: Orders for ships and those from electric power companies.

Table 2:

	2025 Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	2026 Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	2026 May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Manufacturing	5.3	-0.8	10.0	-1.3	-14.9	19.9	-1.0	1.6
1. Foods and beverages	-72	-0.9	11.0	-2.1	-13.2	27.3	-11.6	0.1
2. Textile mill products	12.3	-3.1	-12.5	26.1	3.8	-14.3	-7.0	-18.6
3. Pulp, paper and paper products	5.0	9.4	-7.9	-2.5	14.3	5.4	65.2	-33.2
4. Chemical and chemical products	9.5	-37.5	42.7	-21.7	19.2	39.0	-12.0	-11.5
5. Petroleum and coal products	-36.3	66.7	-53.4	-2.5	7.1	32.9	4.8	19.6
6. Ceramic, stone and clay products	31.2	-7.1	9.5	15.7	-13.3	3.2	6.1	-23.0
7. Iron and steel	22.6	-11.5	21.5	-21.5	-5.3	-10.8	5.8	-36.3
8. Non-ferrous metals	-5.2	-0.2	26.1	-16.0	19.5	225.3	-82.2	132.6
9. Fabricated metal products	-6.9	-5.7	16.4	48.3	13.8	-46.1	13.2	-10.7
10. General-purpose and production machinery	7.1	-4.1	11.0	-0.8	-10.3	18.9	-1.4	9.3
11. Business-oriented machinery	-11.5	2.4	8.2	19.9	-14.3	3.2	-7.2	-5.7
12. Electrical machinery	-6.3	10.3	-3.0	20.2	-12.0	2.2	46.1	-5.9
13. Information and communication electronics	22.3	-8.6	11.9	15.1	-23.6	29.7	4.7	13.0
14. Automobiles, parts and accessories	3.8	-0.8	13.6	-0.5	7.4	6.9	1.5	13.1
15. Ship building	18.8	-25.7	65.7	3.9	-80.5	94.9	88.9	-41.0
16. Other transport equipment	-4.5	5.9	36.4	-11.4	67.1	4.7	-41.4	43.7
17. Other manufacturing	-1.5	9.9	-4.2	-4.6	-10.2	-0.6	-1.3	6.1
Non-manufacturing	-2.4	10.3	-1.5	24.1	68.0	-40.4	0.8	-5.7
18. Agriculture, forestry and fishing	10.4	12.2	0.5	-23.2	-24.2	33.0	11.0	-4.0
19. Mining, quarrying of stone and gravel	-8.4	-6.9	3.0	-24.1	20.7	23.7	6.7	25.0
20. Construction	-3.1	8.3	4.0	9.3	1.6	-8.5	5.8	-17.2
21. Electricity supply	1.0	-1.5	0.2	91.7	342.9	-75.1	34.2	-34.9
22. Transportation and postal activities	7.0	0.1	-15.8	5.5	-23.3	8.9	3.3	-13.9
23. Telecommunications	-16.8	18.8	-0.8	14.6	-7.5	22.3	-23.2	16.9
24. Wholesale and retail trade	4.8	-2.4	4.1	3.4	-3.1	-3.1	-3.9	29.2
25. Finance and insurance	-6.3	9.3	8.5	-2.7	-10.6	17.9	-6.8	0.2
26. Real estate	-20.9	4.7	14.1	39.7	-69.3	253.1	-26.4	0.7
27. Information services	-6.4	7.7	25.1	-11.8	-8.9	16.0	-16.9	7.9
28. Goods leasing	14.3	-12.8	10.1	-16.6	-18.6	-0.9	-6.8	136.0
29. Other non-manufacturing	-2.5	41.5	-2.8	-5.2	34.9	-26.6	20.1	-28.0

Note

Percentage change from previous quarter (month) in seasonally adjusted series.