manufacturing

Sharp Corp. is considering moving the group's production of laptops bound for the U.S. market from China to Vietnam, sources with knowledge of the matter have said. Laptop PCs are among items that would be affected by the planned fourth round of U.S. tariffs on ...

The nation's factory output unexpectedly fell in March, the government said Friday, in a sign that gross domestic product is more likely to have shrunk during the first quarter. Japan needs to see a healthy recovery in exports and industrial output ahead of a long-delayed ...

Yoshihisa Kainuma has made a career out of being in the right place at the right time. In 2015, the head of Minebea Mitsumi Inc. was on a bullet train heading to a city northwest of Tokyo when he realized the chief of a potential ...

In snow country along the northwest coast of Honshu, a small manufacturer of precision molds is feeling the pain of China's economic slowdown. Orders have slowed to a trickle at Nagumo Seisakusho Co., a supplier to big auto-parts makers such as Denso Corp. and Aisin ...

Manufacturing activity contracted in February for the first time in 2½ years as domestic and export orders fell and factories cut output, a private business survey showed on Thursday. The survey also showed business confidence had soured for the first time in more than six ...

Factory activity weakened across much of Europe and Asia in December as the U.S.-led trade war and a slowdown in demand hit production in many economies, offering little reason for optimism as the new year begins. A series of purchasing managers' indexes for December released ...

The number of Japanese companies registered in India increased 5.2 percent in 2018 from the previous year as the nation's businesses continue to tap opportunities in Asia's third largest economy. The figure totaled 1,441 as of October, 72 more than a year earlier, with manufacturing ...

The envisaged new status for foreign workers in Japan is raising hopes in industries facing severe labor shortages, such as the restaurant and manufacturing sectors. The new residence status "will help us hire more talented foreign workers," an official of a major izakaya (traditional Japanese ...