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Zohaib MasoodSep 10, 2026

Japan's machine tool orders rose 64.7% in August — and August was not the biggest month of the year

JMTBA's August preliminary prints ¥197,880m and an index of 164.7, the biggest year-on-year figure of 2026. June was the bigger month. The gap is the base: August 2025 was the weakest month in the year-earlier row. What survives into a purchase order, and what does not.

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Sadaf MasoodSep 9, 2026

Japan's machine tool orders: 17 months of a full order book, and what it does to your delivery date

Japanese machine tool orders hit ¥193.09bn in July, +50.4% year on year and the 17th straight month above ¥120bn. A buyer's read on lead times, escalation clauses and the 39.3% one-month fall in automotive demand — with August's number out today.

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