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Japan's Underlying Strength: "The Future as Created by Robots".
(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Muroyama Tetsuya
The Japanese Love for Robots April 7, 2003, an important date in the minds of the Japanese, has arrived at last. It is the birthday of Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy), a robot known to Japanese people everywhere. As the main character of a comic strip, Astro first grew famous among children about 50 years ago. With a body made of super alloy, the 100,000-horsepower robot could fly into the sky, lift buildings and play chess. His artificial intelligence was injected with love and an overflowing sense of mission to protect the human race. The children of Japan were obsessed with Astro ...
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