Japan is reportedly considering the purchase of Ford F-150 pickup trucks for use as government vehicles in an effort to fulfill pledges made during trade negotiations with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/economy/f150-import-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #cars #carmakers #trucks #tariffs #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #manufacturing

Factory activity shrank in most of Asia's major economies in September as signs of a slowdown in U.S. growth and the expected impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs added to pressure from weak Chinese demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/economy/asia-factories-china-us-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #manufacturing #globaleconomy #economicindicators #china #us #trade

Japan's "tankan" survey suggests a rate increase will come sooner rather than later as corporate sentiment improves with tariff uncertainty lessened. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/markets/boj-tankan-sept-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #tankan #tariffs #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing

Factory output fell for a second month in August as businesses stayed cautious amid a global outlook clouded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s continuing tariff campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/economy/factory-output-fall-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #meti #boj #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #manufacturing #industrialoutput #us #tariffs

🫟 Students develop novel multi-metal 3D printing process

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-students-multi-metal-3d.html

#manufacturing #3dprinting #metal #materials #technology #engineering

Nippon Steel is investing some $300 million in two United States Steel plants as part of the Japanese company's $11 billion commitment to the American steelmaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/nippon-steel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nipponsteel #steel #ussteel #donaldtrump #investments #manufacturing #jobs

China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, further strengthening its already dominant global role in manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/tech/china-robot-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #tech #manufacturing #robots

🫟 Students develop novel multi-metal 3D printing process

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-students-multi-metal-3d.html

#manufacturing #3dprinting #metal #materials #technology #engineering

More German companies are choosing Japan as their manufacturing hub for Asia, according to a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/22/companies/german-companies-japan-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #germany #germanjapanrelations #ahkjapan #supplychain #manufacturing #china #southeastasia

"Analysts warned the [chaining and humiliating of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia] could undermine the Trump administration’s effort to attract foreign investment. The Georgia factory is being constructed with billions of dollars in investment from South Korean firms."

~ Maroosha Muzaffar

#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
/8

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-south-korea-ice-hyundai-raid-b2826482.html

"President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are 'welcome' and he doesn’t want to 'frighten off' investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: 'I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.'"

~ Agence France-Presse

#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
/7

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-foreign-workers-welcome-south-korea-arrests

"Despite promising to stop inflation on day one, working- and middle-class Americans are still being squeezed financially as Trump cuts taxes for the wealthy and massive corporations. …

All of what we’re seeing from the Trump administration is a choice to put corporations ahead of caretakers, the wealthy ahead of workers, and the bosses ahead of the busboys."

#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing #inflation
/6

"As Trump talks about creating a historic manufacturing boom, the data shows he has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. As he touts an economy that’s working for American workers, Trump’s economy has more workers looking for a job than job openings for the first time since the depths of the pandemic."

#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing
/5

U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is reportedly ending steel slab processing, just months after the Nippon Steel acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/granite-city-works/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions #steel #manufacturing #usjapanrelations

China sends Shahed drone engines to Russia labeled as “fridges” + targeting computers manufactured and tested in China.

Ukrainian technicians reverse-engineered one on a downed drone, which shows testing the equipment in a factory, on traffic in a window falling on a road passing by with chinese vehicles (memory not wiped)

China is 100% complicit in Russia’s massacre attacks on civilians in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHquUwxmOpA
#china #weapons #manufacturing #russia #drone #civilians #ukraine#nafo

China sends Shahed drone engines to Russia labeled as “fridges” + targeting computers manufactured and tested in China.

Ukrainian technicians reverse-engineered one on a downed drone, which shows testing the equipment in a factory, on traffic in a window falling on a road passing by with chinese vehicles (memory not wiped)

China is 100% complicit in Russia’s massacre attacks on civilians in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHquUwxmOpA
#china #weapons #manufacturing #russia #drone #civilians #ukraine#nafo

🩹 Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-wearable-blood-pressure-bandage-real.html

#healthcare #technology #manufacturing #medicine #materials #sensors

🩹 Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-wearable-blood-pressure-bandage-real.html

#healthcare #technology #manufacturing #medicine #materials #sensors

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital investment, rose 3.0% in June from a month earlier — the first rise in three months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/core-machinery-orders-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing #machineryorders

Toshiba, Fujitsu and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response to the spread of remote work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/japanese-manufacturers-relocating-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #manufacturing #tokyo #kawasaki #toshiba #fujitsu