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2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL

Japan Times
JAPAN / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Jan 1, 2016
AI revolution bringing radical changes to human life
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing thanks to a machine learning process called "deep learning," raising expectations of radical changes and greater convenience in people's lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Jan 1, 2016
Helping refugees requires more than financial help
Children wrapped in emergency blankets stand on a beach after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Long lines of refugees wait to enter a camp in Macedonia. Trains packed with hundreds of refugees arrive at the Munich railway station. Such images of desperate Syrians fleeing their war-torn country were seared into many people's minds in 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Jan 1, 2016
An opportunity to experience authentic Japanese New Year's
For most urbanites, the New Year's holidays is a time to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, go back to their hometowns, go skiing or loosen up their bodies and minds at an onsen hot spring, but there are also many interesting and unmissable events going on in and around the Tokyo metropolitan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Jan 1, 2016
Ultraman: 50 years battling monsters
Young boys and girls jumped up in excitement shouting, "Ultraman!" when three characters from the iconic series appeared on stage during an event in Kuala Lumpur in November.
COMMENTARY / World / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Nov 7, 2011
New food price levels stalking poor
Catastrophic flooding and crop losses in Thailand, the world's leading rice exporter, are raising concerns that another food crisis may be in the offing.

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