Robots

- November 15, 2018
- The Uncanny Valley: Tales from The Robot-Nation
  
  by Richard Nathan
  The Uncanny Valley isn’t a work of fiction or science fiction or an article about how curious, weird and unknowable Japan is. Neither is it… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Kazufumi Shiraishi
  - Soji Shimada
  - Feature
  - AI
  - Osamu Tezuka
  - Robots
  - Science Fiction
- October 14, 2018
- March of the Japanese Robot Writers
  
  by Richard Nathan
  Japan is renowned for embracing robot technology in the workplace and has enjoyed a long love affair with dolls and robots of all kinds, whether… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Feature
  - AI
  - Osamu Tezuka
  - Robots
  - Science Fiction
- July 23, 2018
- Japan’s Olympic Literature: Stories from 1964, and Beyond
  
  by Richard Nathan
  In 1964 the Beatles song I want to Hold Your Hand topped the bestselling charts in the United States and The New York Times Fiction Best Seller of… Read more »
  - TOPICS:
  - Analysis
  - Culture
  - Olympics
  - Robots
  - Sports