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Buddharoid: Japan unveils AI Robot Monk To Support Shrinking Buddhist Clergy
Researchers in Japan have unveiled Buddharoid, an AI-powered robot monk designed to support shrinking Buddhist communities as temples face closure due to depopulation and declining religious affiliation.
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"Want Closure": Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Daughter, 82, To PM Modi On His Remains In Japan
It is widely believed that the remains of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are held in an urn in a Buddhist temple in Renkoji in Japan.
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Netaji's Family Renews Plea To Bring Back Ashes In Urn At Japan Temple
Refuting perceptions of roadblocks to bring back the remains held in an urn in a Buddhist temple in Renkoji in Japan, a sections of Netaji's descendants claim to have evidence of temple willing to hand over the 'ashes' to India.
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Why Wine Is Given As Offering In This Buddhist Temple In Japan
At a Buddhist temple on a wooded hillside in Japan, grapes and wine bottles are given as offerings, and the head monk is also the honorary president of a vineyard cooperative.
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'Funky' Monk Who Moonlights As DJ Now Teaches Grannies How To Make Music
At a remote temple in Japan cradled by a croissant-shaped mountain range, Akinobu Tatsumi leads a rare double life -- as a Buddhist monk who preaches about DJing.
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'Citizen Scientists' Track Radiation Seven Years After Fukushima
Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan's Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real-time radiation readings
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In Japan, Buddhist Monk Uses Age-Old Wisdom To Create Driverless Taxis
Hisashi Taniguchi took a sabbatical from developing software for driverless taxis and drones to pilgrimage to a Buddhist temple in western Japan. He shaved his head, donned black robes and studied to become the shrine's leader.
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Japan May Change Temple Map Icon To Avoid Nazi Confusion
As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and caters to a surging influx of foreign visitors, the country faces a cultural dilemma: Should it stop identifying Buddhist temples on maps with the traditional "manji" symbol that is often confused with a Nazi swastika?
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Monks Delivered Via Amazon As Role Of Japanese Temples Fade
In Japan, where communal ties to local Buddhist temples are fading, families have in recent years been able to go online to find a Buddhist monk to perform funerals and other rituals.
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'Crisis' in Girls Education, Says US First Lady Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama spoke today of a "crisis" gripping the world as she launched an initiative to help get girls into education, on the second day of her trip to Japan.
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Buddharoid: Japan unveils AI Robot Monk To Support Shrinking Buddhist Clergy
Researchers in Japan have unveiled Buddharoid, an AI-powered robot monk designed to support shrinking Buddhist communities as temples face closure due to depopulation and declining religious affiliation.
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"Want Closure": Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Daughter, 82, To PM Modi On His Remains In Japan
It is widely believed that the remains of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are held in an urn in a Buddhist temple in Renkoji in Japan.
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Netaji's Family Renews Plea To Bring Back Ashes In Urn At Japan Temple
Refuting perceptions of roadblocks to bring back the remains held in an urn in a Buddhist temple in Renkoji in Japan, a sections of Netaji's descendants claim to have evidence of temple willing to hand over the 'ashes' to India.
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Why Wine Is Given As Offering In This Buddhist Temple In Japan
At a Buddhist temple on a wooded hillside in Japan, grapes and wine bottles are given as offerings, and the head monk is also the honorary president of a vineyard cooperative.
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'Funky' Monk Who Moonlights As DJ Now Teaches Grannies How To Make Music
At a remote temple in Japan cradled by a croissant-shaped mountain range, Akinobu Tatsumi leads a rare double life -- as a Buddhist monk who preaches about DJing.
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'Citizen Scientists' Track Radiation Seven Years After Fukushima
Beneath the elegant curves of the roof on the Seirinji Buddhist temple in Japan's Fukushima region hangs an unlikely adornment: a Geiger counter collecting real-time radiation readings
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In Japan, Buddhist Monk Uses Age-Old Wisdom To Create Driverless Taxis
Hisashi Taniguchi took a sabbatical from developing software for driverless taxis and drones to pilgrimage to a Buddhist temple in western Japan. He shaved his head, donned black robes and studied to become the shrine's leader.
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Japan May Change Temple Map Icon To Avoid Nazi Confusion
As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and caters to a surging influx of foreign visitors, the country faces a cultural dilemma: Should it stop identifying Buddhist temples on maps with the traditional "manji" symbol that is often confused with a Nazi swastika?
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Monks Delivered Via Amazon As Role Of Japanese Temples Fade
In Japan, where communal ties to local Buddhist temples are fading, families have in recent years been able to go online to find a Buddhist monk to perform funerals and other rituals.
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'Crisis' in Girls Education, Says US First Lady Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama spoke today of a "crisis" gripping the world as she launched an initiative to help get girls into education, on the second day of her trip to Japan.
