Japanese startup Ludens AI is showing off two extremely adorable robot companions at CES 2026: Cocomo and Inu.

In 2025, the Labubu craze was unescapable. Now, in the first few days of 2026, there’s a new viral obsession — the Mirumi.

In Tokyo, a humanoid robot is being tested as a potential caregiver for Japan's aging population. Dubbed AIREC (AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care), the system recently demonstrated its ability to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, ...

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high. Abstract The aging of Japanese society ...

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 ...

A Tokyo startup created ARCHAX, a $3 million robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the popular mecha-anime series. Bruce Tang from Unsplash Engineers in Japan have developed a colossal ...

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 ...