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source: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (Economic and Social Research Institute)
url: https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/stat/juchu/2026/2602juchu-e.html
document_type: html
date_retrieved: 2026-04-14
period: February 2026
parent_publication: Machinery Orders
indicators_covered: ["Machinery Orders MoM", "Machinery Orders YoY"]
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# Machinery Orders in February, 2026

## Results

The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan decreased by 5.0% in February from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, increased a seasonally adjusted by 13.6% in February.

## References

- Chart-1 Total Value of Machinery Orders and Chart-2 Private Sector (exc. Volatile Orders)
- Table-1 Machinery Orders by Sectors
- Table-2 Percentage Change by Industrial Classification in Private Sector

## Information

- [Historical Data (from April 2005)](/en/stat/juchu/juchu-e.html#choki)
- [Schedule of Release](/en/stat/menu.html)

## Data Table (Core Private Machinery Orders, Seasonally Adjusted)

The following values are extracted from the Cabinet Office's supplementary Excel data (2602chouki-1.xlsx), which underlies the charts on the release page. The column labelled in the Excel as series index J (with footnote "excluding ships and electric power") matches the reported MoM and YoY figures.

| Year | Month | Value (mil.Yen) | MoM (%) | YoY (%) |
|------|-------|-----------------|---------|---------|
| 2026 | 2 | 1,115,865.9 | +13.6 | +24.7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 982,428.4 | +3.3* | +9.7* |
| 2025 | 2 | 895,046.2 | — | — |

*Calculated from raw levels; not explicitly stated in release.

**Note:** All figures are seasonally adjusted. The MoM and YoY percentages for February 2026 are as stated by the Cabinet Office. The January and February 2025 values provide context for the YoY calculation.