Summer Davos

National Sep 27, 2018

'Summer Davos' in China casts spotlight on technological advances beyond Silicon Valley

by Sayuri Daimon

The award-winning virtual reality film "Tree" offers a rare multisensory experience of becoming a rainforest tree from a seedling in just 15 minutes. Reading a short speech into a microphone analyzes your voice and tells who you are — your sex, height, skull type, ...

National Sep 12, 2014

Artists, athletes will get to shine at Sports Culture Davos in 2016

by Sayuri Daimon

As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, the government will jointly hold Sports Culture Davos in fall 2016 in Tokyo and in the Kansai region with the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, education minister Hakubun Shimomura said. During the three-day Annual Meeting of ...