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Robots welcome guests at the check-in counter, carry baggage and operate a locker room at a Japanese amusement park hotel. Sharon Reich reports
Tokyo, Jul 2 (EFE/EPA).- Years away from the classrooms due to fragile health motivated the Japanese Kentaro Yoshifuji to create the DAWN ver.ß cafeteria, a place run by robots controlled remotely by people with reduced mobility. The place seeks to help remove people with reduced mobility from labor and social seclusion. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON / MARIA ROLDAN).SHOT LIST: ROBOTS ATTEND CLIENTS AT THE DAWN VER.ß CAFETERIA, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITE: KUSUMI ATSUMI, BUSINESSWOMAN.TRANSLATION: By not having opportunities to communicate with these people, sometimes we feel embarrassed, because we do not know how far we can go asking about their illness. But by investigating, we're allowed to get closer to them. That may allow them to blend into society.
A Japanese hotel that ran entirely on robots has culled half of its staff - putting over 100 robots out of a job.
Tokyo, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's prime minister said Friday that would not be running for re-election as leader of the ruling party, effectively announcing his resignation.Yoshihide Suga announced his decision at an extraordinary meeting of the executive board of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.The prime minister, who has been the country's prime minister since September last year after the resignation of his predecessor Shinzo Abe, due to health reasons, will not participate in the LDP's internal elections that will be held on Sep. 29 to choose the party's leader and candidate for the next general elections in Japan. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE B-ROLL OF JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA AND PEDESTRIANS WALK A CROSSWAY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Nov 11 (EFE).- Robots are a possible solution Japan has tested to work as waiters or postmen during the pandemic, among other professions which risk contagion and jobs with staff shortages.(Camera: ANTONIO HERMOSÍN)SHOT LIST: ROBOTS AT THE PEPPER PARLOR CAFE IN TOKYO, JAPAN AND THE JAPAN POST ROBOT.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS:1- DAI SATAKA, BUSINESS DIRECTOR OF SOFTBANK ROBOTICS:"When we developed the robots, our focus was mainly entertainment or communication functions, but now under the situation of the pandemic, we are looking for them to perform 'contactless' operations, for example measuring body temperature of customers or serving dishes. We have had positive reactions from customers because they think it reduces the risk of COVID-19 contagion. "2-TAKASHI UEDA, JAPAN POST GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AND INNOVATION:"We would like to introduce this robot widely in about 3 years. Due to the pandemic, we are testing this robot and other forms of home delivery such as leaving packages at the recipient's doorstep to avoid physical contact. We believe that we can use it especially in rural areas, where we are also testing delivery drones due to lack of personnel. "
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