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.

It resembles a malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind. Starting this ...

AN AI-powered android nurse shows its bot-side manner as it gets hands-on with a patient. The test demonstrated how medical robots could be used to help the elderly with basic functions such as ...

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Japan’s auto industry installed 13,000 industrial robots in 2024, up 11% on 2023. The Japanese automotive industry installed a total of ...

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

The receptionist at our Tokyo hotel is a little intimidating. Though polite, he growls our room number through razor-sharp teeth and leers at us with beady yellow eyes. My five-year-old son slinks ...

Cyberdyne, the maker of a battery-powered exoskeleton robot suit, made its stock market debut on Tuesday, as the firm looks to raise money to boost its research. The Japanese robot venture provided 10 ...

A robot, which resembles a lion and is controlled like a motorcycle and a horse, will go on sale in 2035, Takahiro Ueno, ...

Z -Machines How many rock drummers have wished for more arms? The drummer in Japanese band Z-Machines has six. Mach, the group's guitarist, has 78 fingers. Not that this extra firepower means the ...