Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with few young people working in agriculture. But now its farmers are getting ...

The SoftBank Robotics Corp. robots were tapped to fill in while admittance was restricted to games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic forced the start of Japan's pro baseball season to be ...

This vision of the future could soon turn into reality as Japanese companies have started testing autonomous delivery robots on public streets. This comes as the need for social distancing amid ...

Japan now has two hotels run almost entirely by robots. The Hen'na Hotels are owned by low-cost travel agency H.I.S. Co. The hotels are in Nagasaki and Tokyo, Japan. There are robots to help you ...

Japanese company Nisseieco Co. Ltd. unveiled a "robot priest" they have programmed to help with tasks at Buddhist temples, including the reading of Buddhist scripture during funeral ceremonies.

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Naraha Center for Remote Control ...

Japan's food industry faces the same dire demographic ... but one startup believes robots could save the day. Delibot, developed by Connected Robotics, can fill and package 250 food containers ...

he met "Pepper": a so-called "companion robot" that can read human emotions. Yusuke Abe, a developer at SoftBank robotics, explained what Pepper could do, and why it was proving popular in Japan.

Why robots still have to wait This technology is costly, of course. Masaru Yamaoka, the general manager of Panasonic’s business development office, explains that the company charges 200,000 yen ...