Automated factory machines embraced by Japanese workers. August 20, 2017 at 2:07 a.m. by YURI KAGEYAMA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

As consumers cut spending, Japan's robots, the world's largest fleet of mechanized workers, are falling still. In Japan, machines for work and play are idle - CNET X ...

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose in December, government data showed on Wednesday, lifted by machinery production although a safety scandal at Toyota's 7203.T small-car ...

FUJIMI, Japan — Whenever he wants to make his legendary Olympic equipment, master craftsman Masahisa Tsujitani simply heads downstairs to a workshop about the size of a two-car garage. The 67 ...

Japan's factory output fell in February as an earthquake and semiconductor shortage led to declines in the production of cars and electrical machinery, adding to worries for an economy struggling ...

Japan's core machinery orders rose 3.4% in November from the previous month to beat analysts' forecast, government data showed on Monday, signalling a recovery in capital expenditure ahead of a ...

MORIYA, Japan -- Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, ... 1,500 a minute, to be exact -- on humming conveyor belts that zip and wind in a sprawling factory near Tokyo. ...

On a year-on-year basis, core machinery orders - a highly volatile data series regarded as a leading indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months - increased 10.3%, better than a ...