As a psychologist who studies culture and cognition, I’m intrigued by the following observation: Robots and AI companions are much more popular in Japan and China than they are in the United ...

Companies and university researchers in Japan have jointly launched an organization with the aim of developing "AI robots" that can make complex movements just like humans through the application ...

Psychologists say it is becoming increasingly commonplace for people to develop intimate, long-term relationships with ...

A researcher at Waseda University’s laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, plays an elderly patient ... “If we have AI-equipped robots that can grasp each (client’s) living conditions and personal ...

Despite helping to lay the foundation for the global AI race that’s unfolding now, by most measures Japan currently lags in the development and adoption of the technology that is forecast to ...

TOKYO -- Three decades since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, Japan is contending ... asking the AI model questions like the maximum amount of gunpowder ...

Japan has advanced the use of robotics specifically ... What’s less obvious is how seniors foresee AI and robots living alongside them and what specifically they envision these things doing.

KTLA's David Lazarus recently returned from Japan with footage of some of the latest & greatest robots that are part of daily life. March 24, 2025.

This photo shows the "Sakura AI Camera" artificial intelligence service being used in Tokyo on March 17, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Cherry blossom lovers in Japan can now help protect the ...

With the global approach to AI regulation at a turning point, many countries are reconsidering their strict regulatory frameworks. In February 2025, Japan’s AI Policy Study Group, part of the ...