Charlene du Toit

New Zealand axes plan for WW2 sex slaves statue after Japan protests

# Plans have been rejected to erect a statue in a public garden in Auckland, New Zealand, symbolising the so-called comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War Two. The Japanese embassy had warned the installation of the bronze statue of a girl sitting next to an empty chair, could […]

Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers

# Japan Airlines will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo’s Haneda airport from next month in a two-year trial aimed at easing employees’ workload. The Chinese-made robots will be deployed to load and unload cargo containers. The airline hopes they can in future also be used to clean cabins and operate […]

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