Japan to use home-delivery drones within 3 years

TOKYO -- In a bid to nurture new businesses, the government plans to allow the use of drones for home delivery services within three years, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. According to sources, the …

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Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel | Japan Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto

??????????(??) Walking from Kyushu to Honshu. At the closest point, the islands of Kyushu and Honshu are a mere 700 meters apart. The narrow channel called Kanmon Straits is a very busy waterway with…

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New Shinjuku bus terminal open!
From today, April 4, the new bus terminal close the Shinjuku station’s south exit is open for travelers!

People preferring high way buses to go through Japan, can access the new bus terminal in a

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The amazing talking robot, straight from your darkest nightmares

Right now, robots are perfectly capable of speech through electronic loudspeakers, but somehow we're instinctively able to tell wether speech is genuine, or pre-recorded. So, the next step in human-r…

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SCHAFT Unveils Awesome New Bipedal Robot at Japan Conference

Right now, the New Economic Summit (NEST) 2016 conference is going on in Tokyo, Japan. One of the keynote speakers is Andy Rubin. Rubin was in charge of Google's robotics program in 2013, when the co…

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Tourists spending more in Japan- News - NHK WORLD - English

More than 2-million foreign travelers visited Japan in March, the highest number ever for a single month. The amount of money they spend in the country is also increasing.

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Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments | Art & Museum | What to do | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Guide - IN HAMAMATSU.COM - Travel and Living

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments ???????? Worldwide Rarities Cembalos A cembalo created by F.E. Blanchet. Its value is comparable to a national treasure. The Dimkedim A Nigerian folk instrumen…

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Japanese culture in Tokyo – Sumo in Ryogoku!

Ryogoku and Asakusa are typical downtown areas of Tokyo located near the Sumida river. Especially Ryogoku is a famous place among foreigners, since it is often considered as the home town of Sumo –..…

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Travel in Japan: A day in Kawaguchi-ko, Yamanashi

We probably had the best weather to go for a day trip to Yamanashi prefecture – sunny, a little bit windy and cold enough, to see the cherry tress in full bloom. Not every traveler...

The post Trave…

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Japanese hail Hiroshima visit, say apology not needed | The Japan Times

On the streets of Tokyo, a majority of people reporters spoke to on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama does not need to say sorry during his May 27 visit to Hiroshima. And an online poll by The…

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