Japan has been undergoing a severe dementia crisis due to its rapidly aging population, and technology is playing a crucial ...

As Japan faces a caregiver shortage, a new survey shows that trust, not age, shapes willingness to adopt home-care robots and ...

(CNN) — Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct ...

Japan is on the brink of a significant demographic shift that will reshape its economy, welfare systems, and overall societal health. By the year 2050, solo households are expected to comprise 44.3 ...

Japanese telco SoftBank has partnered with Yaskawa to develop robots capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously. As ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, dubbed Kirobo Mini, designed as a synthetic baby companion in Japan, where plummeting birth rates have left ...

As the world's most important robot technology exhibition, the 2023 Tokyo International Robot Exhibition (iREX) is considered the largest in history. With the current global surge in automation demand ...