Toshio Iguchi

"... elderly engineer explained that the number of unskilled workers in his company had been declining for years before the introduction of sophisticated machine tools. That story was corroborated by Toshio Iguchi, a subcontractor to a loy manufacturer. “1 bought my three robots not because I wanted y> fire my worters but because the men just stopped coming,” Iguchi told this reporter. "The robots arc great but I really prefer lhe company of humans." Asked about what happened to his last worker. Iguchi shyly admitted thal thc man, a former gigolo at a club that catered entirely to women clients, had back to his former trade without so much as giving Iguchi no- “Small companies like minc cannot attract a reliable labor force in Japan," the toy maker said. Unbelievable as it might sound to Canadians, in Japan a merc five pcr ..."

"... izu ilie Wh um HH 14 14 T isi? tiri im Tll 4 lyin Mt Pen Am m un i im dh lsi 5 By ANTONIO KAMIYA TOKYO (UPI) -Toshio Iguchi runs a small plastic workshop with three molding machines operated by robots to tum out parts for toy makers. "My wage blll now ls zero," Iguchi said as he walked toward hls spartan office Irom the little shop ln the backyard of hls family house. Back ln hls workshop, the three robots dld work that used ..."