Domestic core private-sector machinery orders in May rose a seasonally adjusted 4.5 percent from the previous month, rebounding from a four-month losing streak in month-on-month terms, the Economic Planning Agency said Monday.
In April, machinery orders fell 1.1 percent from the previous month, following declines of 4.9 percent in March and 0.5 percent in February.
Core machinery orders -- which do not include volatile orders for ships and those from power companies -- totaled 940.6 billion yen in May.