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  "slug": "japan-robot-orders-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/japan-robot-orders-2025/",
  "topic": "adoption",
  "claim": "Japanese robot makers took orders for 218,987 robots worth ¥1,045,605 million in 2025, up 20.0% by units and 25.7% by value, according to JARA.",
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  "scope": {
    "geography": "Japan (JARA members and non-members)",
    "period": "2025"
  },
  "measure": "reported statistic",
  "confidence": "high",
  "source_type": "primary",
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    "kind": "Industry association statistics",
    "name": "Japan Robot Association (JARA)",
    "title": "Orders, Production and Shipments of Manipulators and Robots, CY2025 results",
    "publisher": "Japan Robot Association",
    "published": null,
    "date_note": "PDF undated (file created May 2026)",
    "url": "https://www.jara.jp/e/data/dl/year/IR_CY2025_e.pdf",
    "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261025164628/https://www.jara.jp/e/data/dl/year/IR_CY2025_e.pdf",
    "archived_at": "2026-10-25",
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  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
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  "quote": {
    "text": "182,464 218,987 20.0% Orders (832,132) (1,045,605) (25.7%)",
    "lang": "en"
  },
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  "caveats": [
    "Orders received by Japan-based manufacturers, including exports."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).",
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Japanese robot makers took orders for 218,987 robots worth ¥1,045,605 million in 2025, up 20.0% by units and 25.7% by value, according to JARA [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/japan-robot-orders-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Japanese robot makers took orders for 218,987 robots worth ¥1,045,605 million in 2025, up 20.0% by units and 25.7% by value, according to JARA.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/japan-robot-orders-2025/.",
    "mla": "“Japanese robot makers took orders for 218,987 robots worth ¥1,045,605 million in 2025, up 20.0% by units and 25.7% by value, according to JARA.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/japan-robot-orders-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_japan_robot_orders_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Japanese robot makers took orders for 218,987 robots worth ¥1,045,605 million in 2025, up 20.0\\% by units and 25.7\\% by value, according to JARA}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/japan-robot-orders-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: Japan Robot Association, Orders, Production and Shipments of Manipulators and Robots, CY2025 results. Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "Japan Robot Association. (n.d.). Orders, Production and Shipments of Manipulators and Robots, CY2025 results. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://www.jara.jp/e/data/dl/year/IR_CY2025_e.pdf"
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