Let me tell you about a country that's trying to teach artificial intelligence proper table manners. Yes, I'm talking about Japan, where they're not just worried about whether AI will take over the world – they're worried about whether it will remember to take its shoes off first! The Robot Revolution: How Japan is Teaching AI to Bow Correctly You see, Japan is in quite the pickle. They're sitting on this mountain of technological capability – third place globally in R&D spending, which is like getting a bronze medal in the Olympics of throwing money at computers. But when it comes to actually using this technology? Well, that's where things get about as smooth as wasabi-flavored ice cream. Picture this: Japan's corporate world is like that one friend we all have who bought a smartphone but still writes everything down in a tiny notebook "just to be sure." According to some fancy rankings (I'm looking at you, IMD World Digital Compet...