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Int'l robotics insiders see promising future in China | Sunny's Spotlight

STORY: Int'l robotics insiders see promising future in China | Sunny's Spotlight DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:56 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 World Robot Conference in Beijing 2. STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 4. STANDUP 3 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WOLFRAM BURGARD, Professor of robotics and artificial intelligence, University of Technology Nuremberg 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZVI SHILLER, President, Israeli Robotics Association 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KAZUHIRO KOSUGE, Chair professor of robotic systems, University of Hong Kong 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MASSIMILIANO ZECCA, Professor of healthcare technology, Loughborough University 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CHEE-FAI TAN, President, ASEAN Smart Industry Confederation 10. STANDUP 4 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 11. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): WOLFRAM BURGARD, Professor of roboti

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Heavy snow in Japan

KOFU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove snow in the village of Kosuge, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2014. Paths to the village were cleared the previous night after it was stranded by heavy snow on Feb. 14.

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Heavy snow in Japan

KOFU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove snow in the village of Kosuge, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2014. Paths to the village were cleared the previous night after it was stranded by heavy snow on Feb. 14.

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Tokyo Detention House

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Detention House in the capital's Kosuge district on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kazumasa Sasahara, a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. employee who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading, arrives at Tokyo Detention Center in Kosuge on July 25. The business daily dismissed Sasahara on disciplinary grounds at a board meeting later in the day.

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Tohoku University develops dancing robot that can follow lead

TOKYO, Japan - A robot developed by a team at Tohoku University dances waltz following a human dancer's lead. Kazuhiro Kosuge, the team's leader, said July 15 the robot can predict the dancer's next move through hand pressure applied to its arms and back. He said the team's aim is not to create a substitute for a human dancer, but to help further technology for developing a robot that can move in sync with humans.

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Lawmaker Yamamoto detained

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a vehicle House of Representatives member Joji Yamamoto is believed to be in entering a detention house in Tokyo's Kosuge on the evening of Sept. 4. Yamamoto, 37, of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of fraud in connection with his alleged misuse of a total of 20 million yen of his former secretary's state-paid salary.

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Japan's Meiji industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing

File photo taken in October 2014 shows the site of Kosuge Ship Repair Dock in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki. The dock is among the 23 "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" that a UNESCO advisory panel has recommended for World Heritage status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kazumasa Sasahara, a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. employee who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading, arrives at Tokyo Detention Center in Kosuge on July 25. The business daily dismissed Sasahara on disciplinary grounds at a board meeting later in the day. (Kyodo)

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The Kosuge Slip Dock and Nagasaki Harbour

The Kosuge Slip Dock and Nagasaki Harbour==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Testing of drone delivery in Yamanashi Pref.

A drone flies in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge on May 22, 2021, carrying a box of food set to be delivered to a mountainous area nearby. Industrial drone developer Aeronext Inc. is conducting a trial twice a week in June in the village where it takes 40 minutes by car to the nearest supermarket, aiming to have a working delivery service eventually.

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Testing of drone delivery in Yamanashi Pref.

Preparation is under way to conduct a test flight of a delivery drone in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge on May 22, 2021, to carry a box of food to a mountainous area nearby. Industrial drone developer Aeronext Inc. is conducting a trial twice a week in June in the village where it takes 40 minutes by car to the nearest supermarket, aiming to have a working delivery service eventually.

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Tokyo Detention House

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Detention House in the capital's Kosuge district on Dec. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Daio chairman released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Former Daio Paper Corp. Chairman Mototaka Ikawa is released on bail from the Tokyo Detention House in the Japanese capital's Kosuge area on Dec. 22, 2011. Tokyo prosecutors brought additional charges against Ikawa the same day for causing 2.33 billion yen in damage to three of the company's subsidiaries. The 47-year-old grandson of the papermaking company's founder was already indicted on another charge of aggravated breach of trust over loans from four group companies totaling 3.2 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2019 shows hotel NIPPONIA in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge. The hotel was opened in a renovated 150-year-old traditional Japanese house on Aug. 21 as part of a plan by the eastern Japan village, with a population of only 700, to utilize old vacant houses and other village assets to stimulate tourism and create jobs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2019 shows dishes served at hotel NIPPONIA in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge. The hotel was opened in a renovated 150-year-old traditional Japanese house on Aug. 21 as part of a plan by the eastern Japan village, with a population of only 700, to utilize old vacant houses and other village assets to stimulate tourism and create jobs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tohoku University develops dancing robot that can follow lead

TOKYO, Japan - A robot developed by a team at Tohoku University dances waltz following a human dancer's lead. Kazuhiro Kosuge, the team's leader, said July 15 the robot can predict the dancer's next move through hand pressure applied to its arms and back. He said the team's aim is not to create a substitute for a human dancer, but to help further technology for developing a robot that can move in sync with humans. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Yamamoto detained

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a vehicle House of Representatives member Joji Yamamoto is believed to be in entering a detention house in Tokyo's Kosuge on the evening of Sept. 4. Yamamoto, 37, of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of fraud in connection with his alleged misuse of a total of 20 million yen of his former secretary's state-paid salary.