Economic Buzz: Japan?s machine tool orders see robust expansion

Japan?s machine tool orders edged up by 50.4% year-on-year to JPY 193,102 million in July 2026, following a 52.8% surge in the previous month. Foreign orders rose 50.5% year-on-year to JPY 139,864 million, following a 56.0% rise in June, while domestic orders advanced 50.2% to JPY 53,238 million, after gaining 45.5% in the previous month. On a monthly basis, total machine tool orders declined 5.1% in July, reversing sharply from a 15% increase in June. For the first seven months of the year, machine tool orders totaled JPY 1,248,243 million, up 37.8% from the corresponding period a year earlier, with foreign and domestic orders rising 42.3% and 26.5%, respectively.

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