Japan's industrial output drops 1.7% M/M in August; retail sales rise 2.7% Y/Y
Japan’s industrial production contracted 1.7% M/M in August 2026, deepening from a 0.2% decline in July and significantly missing market expectations for a 1.7% expansion, preliminary official data showed.
The decline represents the second consecutive month of monthly contraction and
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.