据《日本经济新闻》报道，经济景气指标之一的工业机床订单指数出现下行趋势，2012年上半年（1-6月）机床订单总值（合同价格）时隔3年出现下滑，原因是除了海外最大市场中国的进口订单大幅减少外，受欧债危机影响欧洲国家的设备投资减弱，以及日元升值因素对其国际竞争力产生了负面影响。

According to《Japan's economic news》report，Economic performance index of one of industrial machine orders index appear descending trend，In the first half of 2012（1-June）Machine total order（Contract price）After 3 years declined，The reason is the biggest market of China in addition to the overseas import orders sharply reduce outside，By the debt crisis of the European countries equipment investment is weakened，And the Japanese yen appreciation of its international competitiveness factors has a negative effect on。

　　日本机床工业会18日发表的报告显示，2012年1-6月机床订单总值为6364.4亿日元，同比下降5.6%。其中，占全部订单7成的海外订单总值为4367.89亿日元，同比下降6.3%，来自中国的订单降幅最大，达到8.8%。

Japanese machine tool industry will be 18 report shows，In 2012 the first 6 months worth 636.44 billion yen machine orders，5.6% year-on-year drop。Among them，The total order into overseas orders 7 worth 436.789 billion yen，6.3% year-on-year drop，From China's orders dropped most，8.8%。