Pandemic accelerates Japanese companies' embrace of robots

Trend also extends to other Asian countries as COVID changes old way of life

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Japan Post is experimented with the use of robots to deliver mail. (Photo courtesy of Japan Post)

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Businesses in Japan and other Asian countries are using more robots and machines than ever to replace and reduce human contact as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers.

Japanese restaurant chain Watami is one such business, having introduced service robots in October on a trial basis in its newly opened BBQ chain Yakiniku no Watami in Tokyo and neighboring Kanagawa prefecture.

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