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Business Markup Meeting for Various Acts in Dirksen

United States Senator Chris Coons (Democrat of Delaware) is seen conversing with a colleague at a Senate Committee on Appropriations Business meeting to markup the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, and the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026” in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Business Markup Meeting for Various Acts in Dirksen

United States Senator Chris Coons (Democrat of Delaware) is seen conversing with a colleague at a Senate Committee on Appropriations Business meeting to markup the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, and the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026” in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Business Markup Meeting for Various Acts in Dirksen

United States Senator Chris Coons (Democrat of Delaware) is seen conversing with a colleague at a Senate Committee on Appropriations Business meeting to markup the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, and the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026” in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Business Markup Meeting for Various Acts in Dirksen

United States Senator Chris Coons (Democrat of Delaware) is seen conversing with a colleague at a Senate Committee on Appropriations Business meeting to markup the “Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, the “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”, and the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026” in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

United States Senator Tom Cotton (Republican of Arkansas), Chair, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence sits before the committee hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Conversing at left are US Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat of Oregon) and US Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

United States Senator Tom Cotton (Republican of Arkansas), Chair, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence sits before the committee hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Conversing at left are US Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat of Oregon) and US Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(2)Talking 'cuddling robot' developed for elderly

NAGOYA, Japan - Business Design Laboratory Co., a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Dec. 1 it has developed a ''cuddling robot'' for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. The ''cuddling ifbot'', 45 centimeters high, was put on sale the same day at the Nagoya branch of the Matsuzakaya department store chain, for 604,800 yen.

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(1)Talking 'cuddling robot' developed for elderly

NAGOYA, Japan - Business Design Laboratory Co., a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Dec. 1 it has developed a ''cuddling robot'' (R) for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. The ''cuddling ifbot'', 45 centimeters high, was put on sale the same day at the Nagoya branch of the Matsuzakaya department store chain, for 604,800 yen.

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Masks outside not always needed when not chatting: Japan gov't panel

People wearing face masks walk in Tokyo' Ginza area on May 19, 2022, amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19. A Japanese government panel of experts on COVID-19 measures said the same day that wearing masks when outdoors is not always necessary if people are not conversing.

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Masks outside not always needed when not chatting: Japan gov't panel

People wearing face masks walk in Tokyo' Ginza area on May 19, 2022, amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19. A Japanese government panel of experts on COVID-19 measures said the same day that wearing masks when outdoors is not always necessary if people are not conversing.

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Masks outside not always needed when not chatting: Japan gov't panel

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Minami area on May 19, 2022, amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19. A Japanese government panel of experts on COVID-19 measures said the same day that wearing masks when outdoors is not always necessary if people are not conversing.

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Masks outside not always needed when not chatting: Japan gov't panel

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Minami area on May 19, 2022, amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19. A Japanese government panel of experts on COVID-19 measures said the same day that wearing masks when outdoors is not always necessary if people are not conversing.

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Moss Food Service's experiment to introduce "Slow Cash Register" using Orihime

On April 21, Moss Food Service disclosed to the press an experiment to introduce a "slow cash register" using Orihime (photo), an alter ego robot from ORIY Laboratory (Minato-ku, Tokyo), at the Moss Burger Osaki store (Shinagawa-ku) from April 27. While conversing with customers, the operators move Orihime with their personal computers or smart phones and also input orders. The order is transferred to the store via the Internet and the order is completed. The operator, Hiroto Takehisa, 19, a resident of Osaka Prefecture, said, "The operation is not difficult. I will have fun while doing it. The experiment will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays until the end of August. Based on the results of this experiment, Moss Food Service plans to conduct other experiments within fiscal 2020, including drive-through order handling and meal delivery operations using self-propelled robots. Mos Burger Osaki store in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo on July 21, 2020 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Moss Food Service's experiment to introduce "Slow Cash Register" using Orihime

On April 21, Moss Food Service disclosed to the press an experiment to introduce a "slow cash register" using Orihime (photo), an alter ego robot from ORIY Laboratory (Minato-ku, Tokyo), at the Moss Burger Osaki store (Shinagawa-ku) from April 27. In the experiment, two physically challenged people living in the Kansai region will operate and handle the robot. While conversing with customers, the operators move Orihime with their personal computers or smart phones and also input orders. The experiment will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays until the end of August. Based on the results of this experiment, Moss Food Service plans to conduct other experiments within fiscal 2020, including drive-through order handling and meal delivery operations using self-propelled robots. Mos Burger Osaki store in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo on July 21, 2020 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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(2)Talking 'cuddling robot' developed for elderly

NAGOYA, Japan - Business Design Laboratory Co., a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Dec. 1 it has developed a ''cuddling robot'' for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. The ''cuddling ifbot'', 45 centimeters high, was put on sale the same day at the Nagoya branch of the Matsuzakaya department store chain, for 604,800 yen. (Kyodo)

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(1)Talking 'cuddling robot' developed for elderly

NAGOYA, Japan - Business Design Laboratory Co., a Nagoya-based high-tech venture business, said Dec. 1 it has developed a ''cuddling robot'' (R) for elderly people which is capable of conversing with them using tens of thousands of input dialogue patterns. The ''cuddling ifbot'', 45 centimeters high, was put on sale the same day at the Nagoya branch of the Matsuzakaya department store chain, for 604,800 yen. (Kyodo)

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KAOS [IT / FR 1984] 'CONVERSING WITH MOTHER' REGINA BIANCHI, OMERO ANTONUTTI Date: 1984

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KAOS [IT / FR 1984] 'CONVERSING WITH MOTHER' OMERO ANTONUTTI, REGINA BIANCHI Date: 1984

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N. Korean woman expresses hope for reunification with S. Korea

Photo taken in Pyongyang, North Korea, in November 2014 shows Han Pil Hwa (far R), a North Korean silver medalist in the women's 3000-meter speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, conversing with young athletes at an ice rink. In March 1990, Han was reunited with her South Korean brother in Sapporo, Japan after 40 years of separation. Ahead of the event's 25th anniversary on March 8, 2015, Han told Kyodo News in Pyongyang she wants the reunification of the two Koreas to take place as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo