As the country needs to address labor shortages urgently, companies and workers are exploring how robots and humans can work together better for business efficiency.

Japan's obsessed with automation — not because it's novel, but because there just aren't enough people. More small and medium-sized companies are buying robots to make up for a labour shortfall ...

Japan has invested untold millions in developing all kinds of robots, including machines that can work in hazardous places like nuclear power plants.

Underwater robots, including the SARbot shown here making a test dive on Tuesday, are at work in Japan searching the murky coastal waters for debris, infrastructure damage, and survivors.Karen ...

Researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Waseda University, and Fujitsu have developed a novel way to make robots ...

Indeed, Japan’s lead in advanced robotics for health care is driven by its demographic conundrum. More than most, the nation’s population is shrinking and aging rapidly.

Removing the tiny eyes that pockmark potatoes is dull, repetitive and time-consuming work — perfect, it would seem, for robots in a country where the population is declining and workers are i… ...

Toyota also is working on robots that might be used for construction, such as the human-looking T-HR3 and a scooting human-support robot.

“Robots have a long and friendly history in Japan, and humanoid robots are considered to be living things and even desirable members of families,” says Robertson.

TOKYO — Robots that can weld, lift and bolt are being developed to help bridge labor shortages at Japanese construction sites, though their use will be limited to night shifts when no human ...