(RNS) — Inspired by her Catholic faith, the ‘social entrepreneur’ is not only one of Japan’s few female CEOs but one of the most innovative providers of elderly care in the world. YOKOHAMA, Japan (RNS ...

Tokyo AI company Exawizards is using deep learning to analyze unstructured nursing care data such as audio and video recordings. Faced with a rapidly aging population, Japan is turning to new ...

Tsuneto Nakamura is an ambitious young man who jumped into Japan’s booming care-service industry at 24. Given the nation’s aging population, Nakamura thought caring for the elderly had a lot of room ...

Meghalaya is gearing up to supply trained care workers to Japan, which needs 2.5 lakh by 2026. The state focuses on skill development and collaboration with institutes to meet this demand ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will actively promote the recruitment of nursing care staff from Southeast Asia, from fiscal year 2025, to cope with the serious labour shortage in ...

Japan's concerns over labor shortages is driving more companies to recruit overseas. This is especially true in the nursing care sector, which is facing an estimated shortage of 570,000 workers by ...

Many Japanese war orphans left behind in China at the end of World War II and repatriated decades later struggle to adapt to nursing homes because of language barriers.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In Japan, robot-led weddings, robot factory workers and even squeaky ...

Japan is known for its love of robots. Japanese inventors have been following a trend of creating a robot for every occasion. One of the newest Japanese robots is the Robear, developed by Riken, a ...