The Jobs well lose to machines - Companies that use robots instead of humans in Japan- 49% lose 2030

The Jobs we’ll lose to machines Kenji Yamaguchi, the president of both the Japan Robot Association (JARA) and Fanuc, reported that automation is expected to drive a rise in robot orders of around trillion yen and 150 billion yen in production this year (2023). The figures should mark a new milestone as Japan’s robot order amount is set to reach a historic high for the third consecutive year and its production is predicted to exceed the one trillion yen barrier for the first time. Kenji Yamaguchi said that economic fluctuations in 2023 may be influenced by global inflation and concerns about a slowdown in the global economy due to the Chinese epidemic. The investment in automation and carbon neutrality, however, will continue.“ Due to labor shortages, Japan’s robot order amount in 2022 will rise 2.9% year-on-year to about trillion yen, much higher than 811.6 billion yen in 2019 before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the ongoing introduction of robots in manufactur