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Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation
24Aug By adminNo Comments
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Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation

[ad_1] Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” — an online avatar that could take on some of our work and daily tasks, such as appearing in Zoom meetings in our place.Yonekura, chief executive of Tokyo startup Alt Inc., believes it could make our lives easier and more efficient. His company is developing a digital double, an animated image that looks and talks just like its owner. The digital clone can be used, for example, by a recruiter to carry out preliminary job interviews, or by a physician to screen patients ahead of checkups. “This liberates you from all the routine (tasks) that you must do tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the day after that,” he told The Associated Press as he showed off his double — a thumbnail video imag...
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Japan To Spend $12 Million On Ex PM Shinzo Abe’s State Funeral
6Sep By adminNo Comments
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Japan To Spend $12 Million On Ex PM Shinzo Abe’s State Funeral

[ad_1] Shinzo Abe's funeral will be held at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.(File)Tokyo: Japan expects to spend around 1.7 billion yen ($12 million) on a state funeral for assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, the government said Tuesday, despite controversy over the plan.Abe was shot dead on the campaign trail in July, and the government expects dozens of current and former heads of state to pay condolences at the September 27 service in Tokyo.But recent polls show about half of Japanese voters oppose the publicly funded event.Security is expected to cost around 800 million yen, with another 600 million to be spent on hosting and 250 million for the ceremony, top government spokesman Hirozaku Matsuno said Tuesday."Delegates from more than 190 foreign (countries and regions) will likely partici...
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New British Prime Minister To Face Staff Walk Out On First Day In Office, Union Says
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New British Prime Minister To Face Staff Walk Out On First Day In Office, Union Says

[ad_1] Britain's next leader will take power at a time of intense industrial unrest.London: Staff working at Britain's business and energy department building will begin a strike on the same day as the country's new prime minister is named next week, the public service trade union said on Thursday.Cleaners, security guards, reception workers, mail room staff and others at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will walk out on Sept. 5 and 6 over health, safety and other entitlements.The action was "a sign of things to come" for the next prime minister, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said. Britain's new leader is expected to be named on Sept. 5 and formally begin work on Sept. 6."Our members all across the civil service are increasingly angry an...
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More US Lawmakers Set To Visit Taiwan Amid China Tensions
25Aug By adminNo Comments
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More US Lawmakers Set To Visit Taiwan Amid China Tensions

[ad_1] A group of US lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday, Central News Agency said.(Representational)Taipei: Another group of US lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday evening, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported, the third such visit this month and defying pressure from Beijing for these trips not to take place.China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory against the strong objections of the democratically-elected government in Taipei, launched military drills near the island after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came in early August.The Central News Agency did not name the lawmakers who were coming on Thursday, saying only that they would arrive on a US military aircraft at Taipei's downtown Songshan airport and would meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Fri...
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