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[Breaking News] FamilyMart's unmanned, mobile shop at Osaka Expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 13 Kyodo - Video taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo)

QPS Research Institute successfully launched the first nano radar satellite.

The QPS Research Institute (Fukuoka, Japan) launched the first micro radar satellite "Izanagi" from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India on the 11th. The satellite, which was loaded on a shared rocket, climbed to an altitude of about 570 kilometers around Australia. The satellite was detached about 17 minutes after takeoff, and the launch was a success. About 500 people, including people from local companies that cooperated in the development of the satellite and children, gathered at the public viewing site of the Fukuoka Prefectural Government. After the launch of the second satellite, Izanami, in 2020, the number of satellites will increase to 36. Using radar, the satellite will have a resolution of one meter and will be able to make observations every 10 minutes, even at night and in bad weather. (= December 11, 2019, Fukuoka Prefectural Government, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

KidZania Tokyo

Elementary school children check consumption tax records while playing the role of tax officers at a retail store in KidZania Tokyo, a theme park for children where they can learn about 100 jobs using real-world tools and equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Royal Holdings' Disaster Relief Cooking Truck

Bringing the taste of in-flight meals to disaster relief. Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. has introduced a "food truck (photo)" to provide meals in times of disaster, using a renovated two-ton truck equipped with a kitchen function. The company plans to use the two-ton truck as a kitchen to provide rapid support in the affected areas. The food truck is capable of cooking up to 800 meals per hour of food produced in its own central kitchen. We have been providing meals in the event of a disaster, but we are now working to create a system that will allow us to move more flexibly. The truck is equipped with an oven and a gas stove, and is designed to serve food similar to the in-flight meals supplied to airlines, but for a smaller number of people. The investment, including renovation costs, was about 15 million yen. The company hopes to contribute to disaster relief through hot meals. (August 5, 2019, Royal Holdings Headquarters, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

TakaraTomy's Plarail 60th Anniversary Exhibition

During the summer vacation, parents and children of all ages can enjoy the Showa, Heisei and Showa-Japanese Plarail models. The "Plarail 60th Anniversary Exhibition," which is being held by TOMY at the Railway Museum (Omiya-ku, Saitama City) untilSeptember 1, is a great success. It has become so popular that 60% of the visitors to the museum also visit the exhibition. In addition to the diorama of the E5 Series Shinkansen Hayabusa, more than 150 items of Plarail are on display. Visitors can learn about the history and manufacturing process of Plarail. The exhibition is open to the public only with the admission fee to the Railway Museum. Plarail was launched in 1959 as a toy made of plastic, the latest material at the time, when metal and wooden toys were the mainstream. As of the end of January 2007, a cumulative total of about 1,480 types and more than 169 million units have been sold in Japan. The Railroad Museum in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, July 18, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

World News Media Congress

People representing new media and publishers attend the 71st World News Media Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mobile World Congress

Photo taken Feb. 25, 2019, shows the new Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable smartphone being exhibited at the Mobile World Congress fair in Barcelona. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

Samsung CEO touts linking all devices to Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoon Boo Keun, president and co-chief executive officer of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., discusses the "Internet of Things," a world in which all devices are connected on the Net, during a keynote speech at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

Foreign visitors to Japan top 13 mil. for 1st time

NARITA, Japan - Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota makes a speech at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014, during a ceremony celebrating the first time the annual number of foreign passenger arrivals has surpassed 13 million. (Kyodo)

Empress Michiko urges world to help children read, escape fear

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