Tokyo – Investments related to AI have helped the manufacturing industry in Japan to use, the sector displaying a net increase of 8% in annual shift during the period of April -December 2024 after a drop of 6% in April-September.
Nikkei compiled data from 331 manufacturing companies, excluding subsidiaries of listed mother companies, which had announced their results for the period of April-December on Friday. They represent 70% of manufacturing companies that end in financial years in March, or 80% by market capitalization.