According to the Japan Electronic and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), the global shipments of Japanese electronic components have once again increased, and the shipments of capacitors have exceeded 100 billion yen for 21 consecutive months. Manufacturers of these components include Kyocera, TDK, Nidec, Hitachi Metals, Nitto Denko, Alps Alpine, Murata, Taiyo Yuden .

JEITA pointed out that although the demand from China continues to shrink, the surge in demand from Europe and the United States has driven the global shipments of Japanese electronic component suppliers in May 2022 to increase by 7.8% from the same month last year to 343 billion yen.

In terms of regions, the shipments of Japanese electronic component suppliers in Japan in May decreased by 0.3% to 64.5 billion yen compared with the same month last year; shipments to the Americas increased by 28.8% to 40.6 billion yen; shipments to Europe surged 16.2% to 37.4 billion yen; shipments to the Chinese market fell 1.3% to 121.5 billion yen; shipments to the rest of Asia surged 18.8% to 78.9 billion yen.