German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) shakes hands with Japanese auto giant Honda Motor's humanoid robot Asimo (L) as museum head and former astronaut Mamoru Mori (C) looks on at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on March 9, 2015. Merkel is on a two-day visit to Tokyo and will have talks with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP)