An exhibition in Osaka, central Japan, has assembled a hall of fame for Japanese tech products, with hits including Sony’s Walkman and Aibo, an original Tranformer toy, and Paro the baby seal robot on ...

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If anybody was going to be sending a robot capable of transforming to the moon, it was always going to be Japan, a country that has long had an intriguing fascination with robots, both from a ...

Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct effect on ...