Latest data by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - 18 January 2018

  • Final industrial production y/y +3.6% vs +3.7% prelim

Preliminary readings can be found here. Slight delay on the data release by METI.

Always a relatively volatile reading but the y/y figures have improved over the last year. Nonetheless, just a minor indicator of sentiment in the Japanese economy - not a huge data point.