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Yaskawa Electric's Kitakyushu factory in southwestern Japan: The company is one of the world's biggest markers of factory robots. (Photo courtesy of Yaskawa Electric)

TORU TSUNASHIMA and YUKI FUKUMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A closely watched indicator of Chinese demand for industrial robots is showing a slower decline, adding to signs of improvement in factory investment in the world's second-largest economy.

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