// The financing, said Rice, will allow it to push farther into Japan, which is now the company’s biggest source of revenue. Aside from SoftBank, Rice also counts Toyota, Japan Post and Mitsui Group among its Japanese clients.
Japan has been a favored destination for China’s robotics companies seeking to expand internationally, given its aging population and openness to new technology. The ByteDance-backed warehouse robot maker Syrius Robotics, for example, made a foray into Japan at an early stage. https://www.techinasia.com/hongbased-rice-robotics-nets-7m-expand-japan //