TOKYO: Confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest level in a decade, a key central survey showed Monday, as the world’s number three economy picks up pace.

The report comes after a batch of broadly positive economic data on Friday, including better-than-expected factory output, that offered up some good news for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he faces a national election on October 22.

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