Japan plans 10 million AI-powered robots by 2040 as it funds physical AI development to address labor shortages across key ...

TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - One-third of Japanese companies are already using or considering deploying AI-powered robots, with automakers and other transportation equipment manufacturers leading the way ...

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

Japan’s government is actively pushing robots into jobs that workers increasingly refuse to do, from lifting elderly patients in nursing homes to running repetitive tasks at rural factories. The ...

Tokyo's Haneda Airport is set to trial the use of humanoid robotics in ground services from May. The trial comes as Japan battles chronic labor issues. Analysts said robots still require human ...

Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a ...