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Robot adoption and installations
218,987 units (¥1,045,605 million) units
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.
Source
- Figure
- 218,987 units (¥1,045,605 million) units
- Scope
- Japan (JARA members and non-members) · 2025
- Type of figure
- reported statistic
- Source
- Primary Industry association statistics
- Publisher
- Japan Robot Association
- Title
- Orders, Production and Shipments of Manipulators and Robots, CY2025 results
- Published
- Not stated by the source
- Date note
- PDF undated (file created May 2026)
- Accessed
- Last verified
- URL
- https://www.jara.jp/e/data/dl/year/IR_CY2025_e.pdf
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine (Oct 25, 2026)
- Link check
- Resolves (HTTP 200), Oct 25, 2026
“…182,464 218,987 20.0% Orders (832,132) (1,045,605) (25.7%)…”
Caveats
- Orders received by Japan-based manufacturers, including exports.
Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).
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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
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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.pdfFor third-party figures, please credit the original source as well as (or instead of) Whirrwork.
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