‘Stigmatized Properties’: The otherworldly entities are spooky but unconvincing
Hideo Nakata’s latest film is based on the real-life experiences of a comic who has made a career of living in apartments where terrible things have occurred.
‘The Girl I Like’: Navigating love with pathos and humor
Shinya Tamada’s relationship drama about a man who struggles to admit his feelings for a friend is based on an essay by comedian Naoki Matayoshi.
Get ready for the robot invasion — of our classrooms
We may be wary of trusting robots enough to let them educate our children, but what if children were to help teach them a thing or two?
Japanese are quick to embrace robots
"Hello and welcome. I can tell you about money exchange, ATMs, opening a bank account or overseas remittance. Which one would you like?" This greeting is not uttered by a human employee but, instead, a diminutive robot named Nao. Just 58 cm tall, the humanoid ...
Meet the latest employee of the nation's biggest bank: a multilingual robot called NAO. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. unveiled the 58-centimeter humanoid on Monday to improve services for customers in Japan and become the first bank in the world to use robots at branches, ...
