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Waseda University professor Shigeki Sugano discusses AIREC, an AI-driven humanoid robot project at the university's laboratory in Tokyo in February. Japan is leveraging artificial intelligence and robotics to address demographic and other challenges, particularly elderly care.

COMMENTARY / Japan

Jan 6, 2026

Japan’s long return to artificial intelligence

Japan’s re-engagement with artificial intelligence is commonly framed as “catching up.”

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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