ROBOTS

I heard recently that japan has the lowest birthrate of any country, in the next 50 years the population of japan will be 1/4 of what it is now. But the japanese are looking for a new workforce to keep their bustling economy alive... Robots. 

In fact Japan has some of the most cutting edge technology devoted to robots, robots that can tell the difference between a coke and water and know how to bring it to you in bed without spilling it. 

While the idea of living with robots may be frightening for some, the japanese tend to have a higher level of comfortability with the machines. In fact in Japanese culture inanimate objects are believed to still posses souls. 

See more on the futuristic, 2nd largest economy in the world, and one of the most renowned cultural mecca's, Japan, at current.com

http://current.com/items/89610631/japan_robot_nation.htm