Hironobu Tamba left SoftBank to lead Noetra, a $6bn state-backed bet on Japan-built AI for robots. He calls it a last chance for the country.

Ground crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport are getting new colleagues that stand about four feet tall and do not take breaks. Japan Airlines, through its ground-handling subsidiary JAL Ground Service Co., ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages Japan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage ...

In Japan, robots will soon be tested as baggage handlers at an airport starting next month. The Japan Airlines trial comes as the country sees a surge in inbound tourism and a worsening labor shortage ...

Japan aims to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2027 as Hitachi deploys AI-powered models and the government backs a domestic ...

Later this year, you might look out the window of your plane and see a robot loading your suitcase into the cargo hold. Japan Airlines is set to launch a two-year experiment in May during which a team ...

Nvidia deepens Japan ties, targets manufacturing and robotics with Cosmos Huangs Japan visit pushes Cosmos-led AI into ...

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has announced that ten of Japan’s largest industrial names, including FANUC, Fujitsu, Sony Group and ...