In Japan, robots are filling jobs nobody wants rather than taking existing roles. Physical AI is being deployed across factories, warehouses and infrastructure to address acute labour shortages driven by demographics. Japan aims to capture 30% of the global physical AI market by 2040 and already holds 70% of the industrial robotics market. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-experimental-physical-ai-is-ready-for-the-real-world/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AgenticAI