Industry sees automation as a way to future-proof and close the labour gap
In this photo taken on October 26, 2019, Mount Fuji is seen from Tokyo behind construction sites of new high-rise buildings in the Japanese capital. Picture: ODD ANDERSEN / AFP
Construction company Shimizu, which spent about ¥3bn for robots over three years, is a case in point. “When it’s hot, workers need to take breaks and drink water. Robots don’t need that as they don’t get tired, so that’s good,” he said. “Once the robots become smarter, we are looking to increase the range of work.”Construction work has blossomed in Japan under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” stimulus and an infrastructure boom ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Year on year, total capital expenditure in Japan rose for the 10th straight quarter in the April-June period, helping GDP expand an annualised 1.3%.
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