Japan targets 10 million robots by 2040 with $6 billion sovereign AI model to tackle labor crisis
Japan announced an updated national robotics strategy aiming to deploy 10 million robots by 2040 across 18 sectors including medical care and food manufacturing. The government will invest $6 billion over five years in Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Sony, NEC, and Honda, to develop a homegrown AI model focused on physical AI applications as the nation addresses severe labor shortages from its aging population.
