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“kodokushi” or “dying alone”

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- This picture taken on August 19, 2017, shows movie and music DVDs that belonged to a man who died alone and left decomposing for three weeks, in his apartment in Tokyo. There are no official data for the number

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Chimpanzee Ai-project

November 30, 2017

AICHI PREF.- Chimpanzee Ai shows its skills during a cognitive test with numeric characters at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 (issued 30 November 2017). The institute, established in

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Robot Exhibits

November 29, 2017

TOKYO- A ‘Cloth Assistance Robot’ by Kyushu Institute of Technology during a demonstration at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, 29 November 2017. More than 600 companies and organizations will present their latest robots until 02 December. Jiji

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Shaking hands before final test

November 29, 2017

MOSCOW- Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 54/55, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (left), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shake hands before their final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’

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Paralympics countdown

November 29, 2017

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, second row fifth left, poses with athletes during an event to mark the 1,000-day countdown to the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Jiji Press

Humanoid robot T-HR3 by Toyota

November 29, 2017

TOKYO- Third-generation humanoid robot T-HR3 (right) developed by Japan’s auto maker Toyota puts plastic cups into a box as it mirrors its operator’s (left) movements at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. T-HR3 can

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Uber app on a mobile phone in central London

November 28, 2017

BRITAIN- An image showing an Uber app on a mobile phone in central London, Britain, 22 September 2017. Media reports on 28 November 2017 state Japanese Softbank corporation may be close to offering Uber’s existing shareholders to buy their shares

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Hadaka Matsuri

November 28, 2017

OKAYAMA- In this picture taken on February 18, 2017, worshippers wait for the priest to throw the sacred batons during the annual Naked Man Festival or ‘Hadaka Matsuri’ at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama, western Japan. With only a skimpy loincloth

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