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Tokyo, Jul 2 (EFE/EPA).- Years away from the classrooms due to fragile health motivated the Japanese Kentaro Yoshifuji to create the DAWN ver.ß cafeteria, a place run by robots controlled remotely by people with reduced mobility. The place seeks to help remove people with reduced mobility from labor and social seclusion. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON / MARIA ROLDAN).SHOT LIST: ROBOTS ATTEND CLIENTS AT THE DAWN VER.ß CAFETERIA, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITE: KUSUMI ATSUMI, BUSINESSWOMAN.TRANSLATION: By not having opportunities to communicate with these people, sometimes we feel embarrassed, because we do not know how far we can go asking about their illness. But by investigating, we're allowed to get closer to them. That may allow them to blend into society.
The Henn na Hotel, a new hotel in Japan, has the unique feature of being almost entirely run and controlled by robots.
Tokyo, Jun 23 (EFE).-The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is set to kick off on July 23, but the Japanese population is divided over whether to stage the Games amid the coronavirus pandemic.Local organizers, the Japanese government, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have worked around the clock since postponing the games until 2021 to design infection prevention measures, renegotiate contracts and rearrange the dimensions of the event. (Camera: MARIA ROLDÁN)SHOT LIST: GENERAL B-ROLL OF TOKYO AHEAD OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. SOUND BITES: Kana:I want to see them. The fan areas have been canceled to view them and thus there is less opportunity to enjoy them, even if the Games are held here. And I think the next ones will not be happening in a long time.Mikio WatanukiI think this is how they should be celebrated. Because after postponing the Games for a year and the effort that the athletes have made controlling their condition and now I imagine that doing them without an audience ... If I were an athlete, I imagine that I could not give 100% in my performance without an audience there.Shimicchi“Vaccination is starting now (in Japan) and they should control the public more. If they do not reduce the number of spectators, when the Games are over, the same thing that happened with the Go To campaign last year, in September, which spread infections throughout Japan could repeat itself.
Conan O'Brien's late-night show on TBS is coming to a close. Fans have enjoyed O'Brien's late-night antics for over ten years. WarnerMedia announced on Tuesday the talk show will be wrapped up this June. The late-night television host will be moving onto host a new show on HBO. O'Brien is bringing a new weekly variety series to HBO Max. No word yet on when the new show will hit the airwaves.
Paris, Jul 23 (EFE / EPA) .- The Hotel des Invalides in Paris was illuminated Thursday in the eighth edition of La Nuit aux Invalides, a light show that is projected on the facade and that tells the history of the famous hotel in 50 minutes. (Camera: MOHAMMED BADRA)SHOT LIST: LIGHT SHOW ON THE FACADE OF THE HOTEL DES INVALIDES IN PARIS, FRANCE.