Factory production edges up in October

Improving performance: An employee working at Hamamatsu Gasket Co factory in the Shizuoka Prefecture. Higher output of cars and factory equipment lifted Japan’s overall production by 1.1% from September. — Bloomberg

TOKYO: Japan’s factory production edged up in October, ending a three-month slide and adding to signs that the global supply chain crunch may have been easing before the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Higher output of cars and factory equipment lifted overall production 1.1% from September, the economy ministry reported yesterday.