The ball-like robots from Gundam literally had a speech about them in Japanese parliament, so... :D
I doubt it. Boston Dynamics creates humanoid robots as well, and makes design decisions which aren't always maximally efficient, but no one makes such an infantilizing assumption about American engineers.
Maybe that kind of childish decision-making is why Japan is failing as a country.
Soulless comment of the year award material.
How many homeless fentanyl addicts you saw in your last trip to Osaka or Tokyo?
You're not making the point you think you are, or at least not remotely well.
Look at big picture stats to draw a conclusion instead of pointing out a pretty obscure US problem that has no bearing on the claim made.