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ROBOT

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2019
Forget Fido, cuddly ¡®Lovot¡¯ promises to be high-tech pet replacement
Experience life with an endearing, big-eyed robot with lifelike features ¡ª including artificial body temperature and affectionate personality ¡ª that is being marketed as an alternative to pet ownership in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 28, 2018
Get ready for the robot invasion ¡ª of our classrooms
We may be wary of trusting robots enough to let them educate our children, but what if children were to help teach them a thing or two?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 14, 2018
From the DJ booth, man with ALS taps into tech to brighten future for all
Masatane Muto slowly maneuvers the controller on his power wheelchair with his right hand to move around his Tokyo office.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 20, 2018
The new faces of today¡¯s technology
Drastic and subtle ways to give your face a virtual makeover, and a life-size anime service robot ¡ª what more could you need?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2017
Gundam¡¯s 20-meter replacement statue unveiled in Odaiba
Gundam¡¯s upgrade was unveiled in Tokyo¡¯s Odaiba waterfront district on Sunday, giving hope to its corporate sponsors that the giant robot statue will become a new tourist attraction ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 16, 2017
Technological fun for the home
Gadget maker Cerevo has taken advantage of the hype surrounding this month¡¯s release of the Hollywood version of ¡®Ghost in the Shell¡¯ by producing a 1/8 scale robot model of the original anime¡¯s AI combat-vehicle Tachikoma.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 18, 2017
Spring improvements: Learn to program, exercise for charity and then pour the perfect beer
Ways to build a better understanding of coding
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Nov 14, 2016
Japanese engineer sees evolution guiding next wave in robotics
What could be the next big thing in technology after the digital revolution?
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2016
HAL opens up a new horizon
Cyberdine Inc.¡¯s Hybrid Assistive Limb exoskeleton suit holds great promise for mobility-challenged people in rapidly graying Japan.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 18, 2016
Can you call the stock market? Equity analyst says he can
On the 10th day of every month, Junsuke Senoguchi has just one thing on his mind: the closing level of the Nikkei average.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2015
SoftBank¡¯s Pepper robot now has emotions, Son claims
After months of delay, SoftBank Corp. announced Thursday that it would make Pepper, its humanoid robot, available to the general public on Saturday, but with an extra twist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 1, 2014
Softbank¡¯s Pepper robot debuts as coffee machine salesman at Bic Camera
Looking sharp and professional in a black vest and bow tie, a humanoid robot showed up for its first day of work at a new job Monday selling coffee machines for food giant Nestle Japan Ltd.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2014
Robot jazz singer serenades audience in Tokyo
Who says you need soul to sing jazz?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Aug 23, 2014
Yoshimoto Kogyo¡¯s role in creating a real-life robot with a sense of humor
With big, round, smiling eyes and a shirt and bow tie displayed on the screen on his chest, humanoid robot Pepper is ready to entertain his guests. Music begins to play, and Pepper shows off his moves to the 1960s hit song ¡°The Loco-Motion¡± as a crowd of onlookers laughs with pleasure.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 21, 2014
Advances in robotics present singular worry
¡®Singularity¡¯ is an odd word. Originally it meant peculiarity. Then 20th-century physicists got hold of it and situated it at the very boundary of space-time, to the eternal bafflement of the lay mind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2014
SoftBank unveils ¡®historic¡¯ robot
SoftBank Corp. unveiled on Thursday what it says is the world¡¯s first humanoid robot that can communicate and read people¡¯s emotions, and said it will go on sale to the general public next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Mar 9, 2014
Honda¡¯s robotics tech headed for homes of the future
As technology evolves, every household is predicted to have at least one robot in the future, just as many of today¡¯s consumers feel incomplete without Internet access or a mobile phone.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 31, 2013
Director Yukinori Makabe has high hopes for his ¡®Tokyo Sky Story¡¯ at film festival
A staffer of the Robot production house, where he has worked as an assistant director on entries in the hit ¡°Always¡± and ¡°Odoru Daisosasen (Bayside Shakedown)¡± series, 29-year-old Yukinori Makabe has also directed award-winning short films, including ¡°The Sun and the Moon,¡± which beat out 250 others...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2013
New robots reduce human risk in disaster cleanup
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization on Wednesday unveiled a series of robots and systems to help deal with disasters such as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and reduce the danger for workers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2013
Toshiba decontamination bot to scrub No. 1 plant
Toshiba Corp. on Friday unveiled a prototype of its remotely operated decontamination robot that it expects to help clean up the Fukushima No. 1 plant¡¯s radiation-zapped reactor buildings as early as this summer.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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