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Japan robot makers focus on function over form in humanoid machines Kawasaki Heavy and others unveil models at international exhibition in Tokyo Kawasaki Heavy Industries released the newest model of its Kaleido humanoid robot on Dec. 3. (Photo by Hiromi Sato) EISAKU NITTA and HIROMI SATO December 4, 2025 06:36 JST TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries' new prototype robot may not look as human as some of its competitors' machines, and it is equipped with only limited artificial intelligence. But the company and its Japanese peers are drawing on their experience with industrial robots to create models that can work in real-world environments. In a demonstration Wednesday simulating a house fire, Kawasaki's Kaleido bipedal robot carefully stepped forward one foot at a time. It set an overturned shelf upright and moves further into the room. It then reached out to a stuffed cat, cradling the stranded pet safely in its arms in front of spectators the International Rob...
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  Japan's defense contractors rush to tap government spending boost Companies expand staff and facilities as US companies like Anduril eye market Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is increasing production of missiles for Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Photo from Ground Self-Defense Force's website) MASASHI ISAWA December 4, 2025 01:45 JST TOKYO -- Japan's defense contractors are rushing to capitalize on the government's military spending boost, hoping to establish a solid profit structure based on dual-use technologies as companies from the U.S. and elsewhere eye the Japanese market. Defense-related sales are rapidly expanding at Japan's three major heavy industry companies -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and IHI. The combined revenue from their defense divisions, which include aerospace and other sectors, for the year ending March is expected to reach 2.68 trillion yen ($17.2 billion), according to Nikkei Value Search. That is more than doubl...
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  Analysis: Xi's Takaichi retribution has less impact on eastern Japan Area hit by 2011 quake still receiving Taiwanese and other tourists as Kansai suffers KATSUJI NAKAZAWA December 4, 2025 04:00 JST Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. Chinese President Xi Jinping's administration has taken a spate of high-profile retaliatory measures against Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark about a possible Taiwan contingency. But while ratcheting up pressure on Japan and waging a propaganda war against the country at home and abroad, the Xi administration has so far stopped short of taking strong measures that could also backfire on the Chinese economy. In a remark that infuriated Beijing, Takaichi on Nov. 7 told Japan's parliament that a possible Chinese attack on Tai...
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  Breakingviews - UK budget circus reveals technocracy’s limits December 3, 2025 11:47 PM GMT+11 Updated 9 hours ago Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to nurses and members of the media during a visit to University College London Hospital in London, Britain, November 26, 2025. Adrian... Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Read more LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Technocracy has had a rough week on account of Britain’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). First, the fiscal watchdog has found itself being dragged into public debate over finance minister Rachel Reeves'  26 billion pound tax hike . Then, on Monday, its chair Richard Hughes  resigned following a data leak . These may be isolated mishaps, but they carry an important lesson for other independent bodies such as central banks and health agencies: when their advice appears to dictate political decisions, their legitimacy suffers. Better to pare it back. Advertisement · Scr...
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  Lettore_18351628 News e ultime notizie oggi da Italia e Mondo Classifica eduscopio pietrangeli putin Mogherini camporini dataroom ucraina-russia gaza esteri Il figlio di Nicola Pietrangeli: «Papà era stanco di essere stanco. Sinner? Ognuno vive il lutto a modo suo» LEGGI IN APP Olena Zelenska: «Ho visto un papà al cimitero che cullava la bara bianca del figlio, è stato insopportabile. L’Europa si sta abituando alla nostra tragedia: noi non possiamo» di  Francesco Battistini 3 dicembre 2025, 11:36 - Aggiornata il 3 dicembre 2025 , 14:54 Ascolta l'articolo 5 min i La first lady ucraina, a Parigi da Macron con il marito, parla a Libération: «Non posso rimanere indifferente ai bambini, e non solo perché sono madre. Uno degli obiettivi è il sostegno alle famiglie che crescono gli orfani» KIEV – L’alba di qualche giorno fa, mentre tutti dormivano,  un palazzo di Ternopil è stato completamente sbriciolato  da un missile ipersonico russo. Trentasei morti, 120 feriti. Noi i...
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