Kent Ninomiya travel

Kent Ninomiya travel

Writing about travel and culture by writer and journalist Kent Ninomiya.

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How to Travel Around Asia on a Budget Asia is a wondrous place full of vivid, diverse cultures and fascinating people. Traveling around Asia doesn't need to be expensive. Many Asian countries are downright cheap, and there are bargains even in the pricey countries. There are even inexpensive ways to travel the vast distances between the countries of Asia. Here's how to enjoy an Asian adventure while spending a reasonable amount of money. Instructions Difficulty: Easy Things You’ll Need: Step 1: Choose your destinations carefully. The cost of a trip to Asia can vary drastically depending on where you go. Japan is one of ... Read Full Story
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As the United States struggles through a tough economic time, it's important to distinguish the difference between the economies of Japan and China. Right now, Japan is very much like the United States. Both economies are huge, established machines. The US is the largest economy in the world followed by Japan. As a result, the economic stagnation felt by the US over the mortgage crisis will likely impact Japan hardest among Asian economies. On Monday, the former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kazumasa Iwata said "the economy is at a difficult stage. Japan's industrial production and capital spending are flat and growth in corporate ... Read Full Story
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Right now is arguably the worst time in memory for Americans to travel overseas. The dollar is at record lows against many currencies around the world. Gone are the days when you could travel to “cheap” countries where the mighty dollar pounded the “monopoly money” of an economically weaker nation. America’s bully currency is now itself being bullied. The humiliation is humbling. I recently had to change an airline ticket in Europe. Even though I originally purchased the ticket in dollars, the airline demanded I pay the change fee in a more stable currency… Polish zloty . Business in third world countries often takes ... Read Full Story
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Kent Ninomiya - Happy Lunar New Year everyone! All around the world there are celebrations with feasts, fireworks and dancing dragons. It's a time for Asian families and familes of Asian decent to get together and revel in the new year. It is Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day all wrapped into one in asian culture. It's often called "Chinese New Year," but this isn't particularly accurate. While it is widely observed in China, it is also an important holiday for people throughout East Asia and of Asian ancestry all over the world. Believe it or not, there are still people out there who ... Read Full Story
Well it is the age of electronic books and gadgets but I guess Japan has leapt forward with a robot that can read books. The robot is just the size of any small child and can read from old-fashioned paper-printed books. The robot, named Ninomiya-kun is 1 meter tall, weighs 25 kilos, has aluminum frame and it was developed at Wasada University’s Information Production and Systems Research Center. It was unveiled on June 11th at a robot trade...  
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I've seen plenty of devices that turn pages for you, but Ninomiya-kun takes things a step further by actually reading books aloud. Ninomiya-kun can analyze and distinguish about 2,300 Japanese characters from actual paper books. Impressive, but in an age where text-to-speech is already showing up on ebooks, one has to wonder if technology like this is really necessary. Currently we have like what...less than 1% literacy rate among robots...  
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This is latest NINOMIYA Kun robot technology are presenting much reliable and great advance book reading robot technology and whole manufactured part of body is based on unique conceptual future and technology. ...  
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Great, it seems that us humans are getting lazier and lazier by the moment - that the Ninomiya-kun robot for instance. This 1-meter-tall, 25-kilogram aluminum-framed robot was developed at Waseda University’s Information, Production and Systems Research Center (IPSRC), and is able to read out stories from a book, letting dad ditch his bedtime story teller role to his kids as the Ninomiya-kun substitutes dad's place so that he can continue...  
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Hong Kong - A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators on Tuesday announced plans to try to enter Macau, where academics and politicians have been refused entry after a crackdown on so-called anti-China elements. The six members of the League of ...  
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HONG KONG, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government issued here Monday a travel warning to urge Hong Kong residents not to go to Bangkok, citing "rapidly worsening situation" there. Hong Kong residents who are ...  
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