Robots have been a prolific theme in Japanese pop culture and media since the 1950s, which includes global icons like the, and ( 1). Perhaps not coincidentally, Japanese citizens have a positive outlook on robotic technologies and their use in the labor sector compared to many other nations ( 2); much to their advantage, as robotics continues to be a vital pillar for ensuring Japan's economic resilience and future growth. Here, we discuss priorities and long-term agendas as presented in Japan's national robotics strategies. Although weather control is among Japan's lofty research goals for the next 25 years ( 3), geological disturbances remain inevitable. As such, disaster mitigation and response are high priorities that serve as motivation for robotics development in Japan ( 4).

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The government at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday adopted its first basic plan on the development and utilization of artificial intelligence. The basic plan stipulates that Japan will create reliable AI while balancing technological innovation and risk management, with an aim to become a country that offers the best environment for AI development and utilization. Japan lags behind not only other advanced nations but also countries with smaller economies in terms of AI development, and the gap is becoming wider year by year, it warns. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) speaks at the first meeting of the government's headquarters for promoting the use of artificial intelligence and strengthening related risk management, on Friday. The government held the first meeting of its headquarters for promoting the use of artificial intelligence and strengthening related risk management, at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday. Discussions centered on a draft outline of the government's proposed basic plan on AI, which aims to transform Japan into the country with the world's best environment for the use and development of AI. The government hopes to finalize the basic plan by the end of this year. The headquarters, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and composed of all Cabinet ministers, was set up on Sept. 1 based on a new AI law enacted in May.

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Abstraction, in contrast to meta-level inference, works with a degenerate version of the object-level space in which some essential detail is thrown away. Because abstract plans are strongly tied to the object-level space, they are limited in their expressive power.