When he was a boy in Hong Kong, Kenny Poon loved to watch Japanese cartoons, and remembers being transfixed by a scene of a restaurant kitchen staffed by robots. “I said, ‘I’m going to open a kitchen ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...

SoftBank has developed what it claims is a new cableless server rack to enable robotic automation in data centers. The new design will help robots fulfill tasks such as the installation and removal of ...

At first, Eric Fung worried that, as a foreigner pitching products in Japan's tradition-bound market, no one would take him seriously.

The organization behind the Tokyo Game Show shares the surprising results of an AI-related survey sent to Japanese video game developers.

As Japan reawakens from its negative rate slumber, offshore buyside investors are eyeing JGBs not just for yield, but for strategic diversification. With the BOJ’s policy normalization underway and ...