Asian Games: Weightlifting

Asian Games: Weightlifting

Japan's Kaito Hirai lifts 140 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the men's weightlifting 61-kg event at the Asian Games on Oct. 1, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms.

Riken Invents Nursing Robot

AICHI, JAPAN - FEB. 23: The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, known as Riken, one of Japan's top research institute, announced it invented a new robot to help care the patients by help them by taking them up in the robot's arms. The robot, dubbed Robea, can act like a human with censors to weigh the weight of patients automatically. Chisato Miyaji who experienced the robot, which took her from a sofa to a wheelchair, said she felt her body was moved up very gently just like a human helper. The robot itself is 1.5 meters tall and 140 kilograms heavy but the weight was reduced by 90 kilos from the previous model. Riken made the robot public for the press on Monday February 23 at its facility here in Nagoya, central Japan.

Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

Dolphin calf born of artificial insemination doing well

KAMOGAWA, Japan - Japan's first dolphin calf (R) produced from artificial insemination is doing well at Kamogawa Seaworld amusement park in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 12. The female bottlenose dolphin named Sunny was born in July 2003 and has grown to 2 meters in length and weighs 140 kilograms. (Kyodo)

Nursing care robot capable of lifting, helping patient stand up

Nursing care robot capable of lifting, helping patient stand up

The RIKEN research institute shows the press in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 23, 2015, its new nursing care robot, Robear, which can perform tasks such as lifting a patient from a bed into a wheelchair or providing assistance to help the patient stand up. The robot, 150 centimeters tall and weighing 140 kilograms, is an improved model of an earlier prototype developed by RIKEN in 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo