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Japan

January 2026 · forecast February 2026
January 2026
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Expansion · first reading

Japan logistics activity opens at 51.0 (expansion) in its first published edition, behind the Asia-Pacific benchmark.

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Expansion · first reading
Breadth
5 / 10
in expansion
Monthly change
—
Asia-Pacific rank
15 / 16
vs 1-mo range
51.0–51.0
short history
3-mo average
51.0
0.0 vs avg
vs region / world
-1.0 / +0.5
In this reportJanuary 2026 edition
  • Executive summary & decision read — the verdict and the call, in prose
  • Trajectory & forecast — with the next-month model forecast
  • Driver decomposition — what moved the composite this month
  • Cost & operations — capacity vs demand pressure
  • Macro & peer cross-section — vs 42 tracked economies
  • Signal watch — turning-point & lead/lag signals
  • Methodology & sub-index weights — full weighting, reconciled
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Published by World Research Institute (WRI) · Logistics Index · GDP-weighted diffusion across 42 economies & 4 regions (US$107.01T base) · updated monthly. Browse all editions · regional indexes are published openly. Own editions individually — US$99 in their first year, US$49 once they pass 12 months — or take the full Japan history in one purchase.

World Research Institute (WRI) computes and publishes the Logistics Index. 50 = no change vs the prior month. Each edition reports the latest completed month with a forward projection for the next. January 2026 edition, published February 2026. Cite — Source: Japan Logistics Growth Index (LGI™), World Research Institute (WRI), worldresearch.org (January 2026).