After getting tired of waiting for a monster to flatten Tokoyo, a startup Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-meter-tall, four-wheeled robot modeled after the "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the Japanese ...

A Japanese actor who was the voice of "Doraemon", a cartoon cat robot beloved by children in Japan and other countries has died, her agency said Friday. Nobuyo Oyama was 90. For a quarter of a century ...

Japan's civilizing influence takes many forms; in administration, for example, Kanban, Lean, Just-in-time, are all management methods of Japanese origin that have spread worldwide. On the cultural ...

TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - An 18-metre (60-foot) "Gundam" robot that can walk and move its arms was unveiled in Japan on Monday amid hopes that it will help invigorate tourism hit by COVID-19. The ...

Ms. Saya, a perky receptionist in a smart canary-yellow suit, beamed a smile from behind the "May I Help You?" sign on her desk, offering greetings and answering questions posed by visitors at a local ...

If the thought of a giant robot bear picking you up doesn’t sound too scary, consider spending your old age in Japan. State-backed research center Riken is developing a bear-like intelligent lifting ...

Japan is home to half the world's industrial robots, and some could star in fashion shows. A video shows a woman in silver and black, with long black hair; it's the HRP-4C humanoid robot. Her creators ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Videos showing an 18-metre (59-foot) robot in the Japanese harbour city of Yokohama have entranced the Twitterverse, pulling in more than 6 million views in the past week. The robot ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — While the thought of a robot delivering food and drink at a restaurant may hearken images straight out of a Star Wars cantina, the droid helping wait tables at one Frederick ...