Industrial production in Japan was down a seasonally adjusted 6.2 percent on month in February, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Wednesday's preliminary reading - marking the largest single-month decline in five years.
The headline figure missed expectations for a decline of 5.9 percent following the 3.7 percent increase in January.
On a yearly basis, industrial production fell 1.5 percent - beating forecasts for a decline of 1.7 percent following the 3.8 percent contraction in the previous month.
Upon the release of the data, the METI maintained its assessment of industrial production, saying that it has been fluctuating indecisively.
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