NTT announced on November 12, 2026 a partnership agreement with Sompo Holdings to promote real-world deployment of physical AI in nursing care. Signed on November 11, 2026, the agreement launches a study of how robots and connected systems could reduce caregiver workloads while maintaining user-centered care in Japan. The companies are addressing a labor shortage on nursing-care front lines as Japan moves toward a super-aging society, a shortfall the release expects to intensify. The care…