Japan's university system has long centred on engineering faculties led by manufacturing, resulting in a relative shortage of ...

The government now considers dementia one of its most urgent policy challenges. The Health Ministry projects that ...

Japan is turning to robots and AI tracking tech as dementia cases rise and thousands of older residents go missing each year.

TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized vehicles as part of its efforts to enhance the equipment and machinery used by ...

A nationwide survey in Japan shows divides in acceptance of home-care robots. Surprisingly, openness and trust, rather than age, determine whether people are willing to let robots into their homes and ...

As Japan continues to see a rise in dementia patients, the country is actively adopting advanced IT technologies to address ...

Japan's ageing population is putting strain on national budgets and society as a whole, but researchers are developing ...

TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up ...

Japanese are more accepting of robots because the native Shinto religion often blurs boundaries between the animate and inanimate, experts say. To the Japanese psyche, the idea of a humanoid robot ...

KYOTO, Japan — The robot appeared in the hotel hallway as if out of nowhere, R2D2-sized, silently rolling, on a mission of undetermined nature from its robot overlords. A group of us Yankee travelers ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...