Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

IZUMO, Japan - Confectionery store operator Etsuo Sakane shows a box of red and white "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in Izumo, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, produced to celebrate the wedding of Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine.

Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

IZUMO, Japan - Confectionery store operator Etsuo Sakane shows a box of red and white "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in Izumo, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, produced to celebrate the wedding of Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine. (Kyodo)

CEATEC electronics show

CEATEC electronics show

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., holds a T-shirt folded by its Laundroid machine at the CEATEC annual electronics and information technology fair at the Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., introduces its Laundroid machine at the annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, at Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., introduces its Laundroid machine at the annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, at Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo