Are we ready for robot caregivers? Survey shows broad openness among users when privacy, safety, and trust are ensured

Robots have never felt as close to becoming a part of everyday life as they do today. Their widespread use now seems likely ...
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Japan Is Starting to Use Robots in 7-Eleven Shops to Compensate for the Massive Shortage of Workers

The newest employee at a Tokyo 7-Eleven works through the night without a single break. It silently stocks drinks and other products with mechanical precision, and cleans and mops the floor whenever ...

OTSAW Enters Japanese Market with Moraine Corporation with Aim to Revolutionize Hospital Operations Through Robotics

OTSAW CEO Ting Ling Ming and Moraine CEO Tsuneki KusabaSingapore, Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Otsaw Limited (“OTSAW,” ...
The Japan Times

Government to help rural businesses adopt robots amid labor shortage

Aimed at boosting productivity despite labor shortages, a new group will train advisers to help companies introduce and use ...
Aviation Week Network

Japan Delivers New Resupply Asset To International Space Station

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV X-1) successfully rendezvoused with the ...

These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains ...
Digital Trends

A robot on your shoulder will show you around Tokyo

People strolling around Tokyo recently may have glimpsed the unusual sight of a tourist wearing a robot on their shoulder. The robot, built by local robotics firm OryLab and called OriHime, offers ...

Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to International Space Station

Japan's space agency successfully launched its most powerful H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed unmanned cargo spacecraft ...