It gets a little more complicated when several manufacturers start making different versions of the same product.

Though Japan's market is growing, manufacturers are now also starting to look overseas.

All the big manufacturers have started selling directly to end users.

As a result, manufacturers are already starting to look for other places to produce goods.

The problem is, you can 'not care' for a limited period of time, until other manufacturers start catching up.

Analysts said the increase provided further evidence that American manufacturers were starting to benefit from a lower trade deficit.

Some manufacturers have even started to name their products for this market.

Rather than continue to expand hours, manufacturers at some point soon will probably start hiring more workers, the analysts said.

And when volumes didn't decline, manufacturers started to raised their prices.

As a result, manufacturers have started to rein in head counts.