Japan: Indices of Industrial Production for August, 2025 (Revised Report)

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) declined 1.2% to $85.4 billion in August. Sales decreased in three of the seven subsectors, which represent about half of the wholesale sector. The largest decreases came from the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector ...

In August 2025, compared with July 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, industrial production grew by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU. In August 2025, compared with August ...