A Japanese solution for curbing air pollution in India
Tokyo/ Delhi, April 09 (ANI): In many countries across the world, including India, which is industrializing rapidly and witnessing a dramatic rise in number of vehicles, air pollution remains a major concern. India's capital city, New Delhi, already has over 7.4 million vehicles and 1,700 are being added to its roads daily. To tackle the city's deteriorating air quality, and for better monitoring of fine particulate matter, India can take advantage of air monitoring system technology introduced by Toshiba to monitor PM2.5. Smaller the particulate matter, the more likely it is to affect human health. The role model is Kitakyushu city in Japan which was one of the most polluted cities during the industrial revolution in 1960s. Here the residents fought against pollution of the city. Kitakyushu Environment Museum displays the history of the fight against pollution by the people of Kitakyushu city.
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Osaka | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:35 1 History
00:00:44 1.1 Prehistory to the Kofun period
00:01:41 1.2 Asuka and Nara period
00:03:08 1.3 Heian to Edo period
00:06:00 1.4 19th century to present
00:08:39 2 Etymology
00:09:32 3 Geography and climate
00:09:42 3.1 Geography
00:11:04 3.2 Climate
00:12:52 4 Cityscape
00:13:12 4.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:53 4.2 Wards
00:16:05 5 Demographics
00:17:46 5.1 Dialect
00:18:13 6 Politics
00:20:37 7 Politics regarding the use of nuclear energy
00:24:28 8 Economy
00:27:29 9 Transportation
00:29:32 10 Culture and lifestyle
00:29:41 10.1 Shopping and culinary
00:32:43 10.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:35:27 10.3 Annual festivals
00:36:11 10.4 Museum and galleries
00:37:25 10.5 Sports
00:40:14 10.6 Media
00:41:04 10.6.1 Newspapers
00:41:49 10.6.2 Television and radio
00:43:00 10.6.3 Publishing companies
00:43:21 11 Places of interest
00:43:33 11.1 Amusement parks
00:44:54 11.2 Parks
00:46:19 11.3 Temples, shrines, and other historical sites
00:47:00 11.4 Entertainment
00:48:37 11.5 Red light districts
00:48:48 11.6 Day-Trip Locations
00:49:09 12 Education
00:51:36 12.1 Libraries
00:51:56 12.2 Learned society
00:52:08 13 International relations
00:52:19 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:19 13.2 Business partner cities
00:53:31 14 See also
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Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced [oːsakaɕi]; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka [oːsaka] (listen)) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.
Image-projecting Desktop Arm Trainer, IDAT-3 (1) by hand
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((Theme)) Image-Projecting Desktop Arm Trainer, IDAT
((Aim)) Step-on Interface (SOI) --- Bilateral Interaction via Screen Projected
((Type)) IDAT-3 (integrated type) (1) by hand
((Result)) Details are shown on the following paper(s):
# Takafumi Matsumaru, Yang Liu, Yi Jiang, ChuanKai Dai: Image-Projecting Desktop Arm Trainer for Hand-Eye Coordination Training, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronic (Fuji Technology Press) (ISSN: 0915-3942(Print) / 1883-8049(Online)), Vol.26, No.6, pp.704-717, (2014.12)
# A. Takemoto, M. Masatsuru, T.Tonsyo, M. Kabashima, H.Ito, M. Ochi, Y. Matsushima, K. Hachisuka, and T. Matsumaru: “Image-Projective Desktop Arm Trainer (IDAT)-assisted training for the upper extremity in hemiplegic patients: a preliminary study”, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Stroke Society, Osaka, Japan, 2H-O-081-3, (2014.03.14).
# Yang Liu, Yi Jiang, Takafumi Matsumaru: Development of Image-projective Desktop Arm Trainer, IDAT, 2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2012), Fukuoka, Japan, (16-18 December, 2012), pp.355-360, (2012.12.16). DOI: 10.1109/SII.2012.6426964
# Takafumi Matsumaru (103713), Yi Jiang (161155), Yang Liu (161138): Image-projective Desktop Arm Trainer IDAT for Therapy, 2013 IEEE RO-MAN: The 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2013), Gyeongju, Korea, (26-29 August, 2013), ThA2T2.3, pp.501-506, (2013.08.29). DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628411
((Date)) June-2012
((Acknowledgement)) This research is supported partially by the Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS) (in fiscal 2011), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) through its Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (number: 23560300 in fiscal 2011 to 2013), and Waseda University through its Grant for Special Research Project (number: 2011A-909 and 2013A-055).
((Copyright)) Bio-Robotics & Human-Mechatronics Laboratory (Takafumi Matsumaru Laboratory), Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems (IPS), Waseda University.
((Keyword)) Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Image-projecting Desktop Arm Trainer (IDAT), Step-on Interface (SOI), Hand-eye Coordination Training, Stroke Patient, Rehabilitation
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Kyoto
00:00:28 1 Name
00:01:32 2 History
00:01:41 2.1 Origins
00:02:06 2.2 Heian-kyō
00:04:14 2.3 Modern Kyoto
00:05:56 3 Geography
00:07:44 4 Demographics
00:08:20 5 Climate
00:08:59 6 Politics and government
00:09:28 6.1 Kyoto City Assembly
00:09:37 6.2 Elections
00:09:59 6.3 Wards
00:10:19 7 Culture
00:14:09 8 Economy
00:16:00 9 Colleges and universities
00:17:38 10 Transportation
00:17:47 10.1 Airport
00:18:31 10.2 Buses
00:19:55 10.3 Cycling
00:20:30 10.4 Roads
00:21:42 10.5 Rail
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00:22:52 10.5.1.1 Karasuma Line
00:24:20 10.5.1.2 Tozai Line
00:25:50 10.5.2 High-speed rail
00:26:35 10.6 Waterways
00:27:33 11 Tourism
00:27:46 11.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site
00:28:21 11.2 Museums
00:28:30 11.3 Festivals
00:29:14 12 Sports
00:29:23 12.1 Football
00:30:13 12.2 Baseball
00:30:56 12.3 Horse racing
00:31:20 12.4 Tennis
00:31:36 13 International relations
00:32:01 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:32:15 13.2 Partner cities
00:32:40 14 See also
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Kyoto (京都, Kyōto, ; Japanese: [kʲoːꜜto] (listen)), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, Japanese: [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] (listen)), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan. It is most well known in Japanese history for being the former Imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.
Company town | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:45 1 Overview
00:02:56 2 History
00:03:05 2.1 Paternalism
00:04:33 2.2 Pullman lesson
00:07:51 2.3 Decline of American company towns
00:10:41 3 Model company towns
00:13:08 3.1 Model company towns in Britain
00:17:17 4 Industrial colonies in Catalonia, Spain
00:20:31 5 Present-day company towns
00:20:41 5.1 Brazil
00:21:07 5.2 Canada
00:21:45 5.3 Finland
00:22:37 5.4 France
00:22:50 5.5 Germany
00:23:05 5.6 Japan
00:23:18 5.7 Namibia
00:24:16 5.8 Poland
00:24:32 5.9 Slovakia
00:25:01 5.10 Sweden
00:25:22 5.11 Ukraine
00:25:56 5.12 United States
00:27:59 6 See also
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A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, churches, schools, markets and recreation facilities. They are usually bigger than a model village (model in the sense of an ideal to be emulated).
The best examples of company towns have had high ideals; but many have been regarded as controlling or exploitative. Others developed more or less in unplanned fashion, such as Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, United States, one of the oldest, which began as a LC&N Co. mining camp and mine site nine miles (14.5 km) from the nearest outside road.
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:30 1 Background
00:03:39 1.1 Pacific War
00:07:34 1.2 Preparations to invade Japan
00:12:07 1.3 Air raids on Japan
00:18:24 1.4 Atomic bomb development
00:20:42 2 Preparations
00:20:52 2.1 Organization and training
00:24:26 2.2 Choice of targets
00:29:22 2.3 Proposed demonstration
00:32:52 2.4 Leaflets
00:35:38 2.5 Consultation with Britain and Canada
00:38:34 2.6 Potsdam Declaration
00:40:48 2.7 Bombs
00:43:02 3 Hiroshima
00:43:11 3.1 Hiroshima during World War II
00:46:46 3.2 Bombing of Hiroshima
00:51:32 3.3 Events on the ground
00:57:39 3.4 Japanese realization of the bombing
00:59:47 4 Events of August 7–9
01:03:33 5 Nagasaki
01:03:42 5.1 Nagasaki during World War II
01:06:27 5.2 Bombing of Nagasaki
01:16:15 5.3 Events on the ground
01:20:05 6 Plans for more atomic attacks on Japan
01:22:07 7 Surrender of Japan and subsequent occupation
01:26:10 8 Reportage
01:32:19 9 Post-attack casualties
01:35:04 9.1 Cancer increases
01:36:54 9.2 Birth defect investigations
01:39:42 9.3 Investigations into brain development
01:44:24 10 iHibakusha/i
01:47:01 10.1 Double survivors
01:48:22 10.2 Korean survivors
01:49:11 11 Memorials
01:51:37 12 Debate over bombings
01:53:24 13 Legacy
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During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed 129,000–226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of armed conflict.
In the final year of the war, the Allies prepared for what was anticipated to be a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. This undertaking was preceded by a conventional and firebombing campaign that devastated 67 Japanese cities. The war in Europe had concluded when Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945. As the Allies turned their full attention to the Pacific theater, Japan faced the same fate. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945—the alternative being prompt and utter destruction. Japan ignored the ultimatum and the war continued.
By August 1945, the Allies' Manhattan Project had produced two types of atomic bombs, and the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that could deliver them from Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Orders for atomic bombs to be used on four Japanese cities were issued on July 25. On August 6, one of the modified B-29s dropped a uranium gun-type (Little Boy) bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, a plutonium implosion (Fat Man) bomb was dropped by another B-29 on Nagasaki. The bombs immediately devastated their targets. Over the next two to four months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. Large numbers of people continued to die from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition, for many months afterward. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison.
On August 15—six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war—Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. On September 2 in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese government signed the instrument of surrender, which effectively ended World War II. The effects of ...
Kyoto | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:28 1 Name
00:01:38 2 History
00:01:48 2.1 Origins
00:02:15 2.2 Heian-kyō
00:04:38 2.3 Modern Kyoto
00:06:29 3 Geography
00:08:29 4 Demographics
00:09:08 5 Climate
00:09:49 6 Politics and government
00:10:21 6.1 Kyoto City Assembly
00:10:30 6.2 Elections
00:10:54 6.3 Wards
00:11:15 7 Culture
00:15:28 8 Economy
00:17:31 9 Colleges and universities
00:19:19 10 Transportation
00:19:28 10.1 Airport
00:20:16 10.2 Buses
00:21:49 10.3 Cycling
00:22:26 10.4 Roads
00:23:44 10.5 Rail
00:24:41 10.5.1 Subway
00:25:00 10.5.1.1 Karasuma Line
00:26:36 10.5.1.2 Tozai Line
00:28:14 10.5.2 High-speed rail
00:29:05 10.6 Waterways
00:30:08 11 Tourism
00:30:22 11.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site
00:31:00 11.2 Museums
00:31:09 11.3 Festivals
00:31:56 12 Sports
00:32:06 12.1 Football
00:33:01 12.2 Baseball
00:33:47 12.3 Horse racing
00:34:13 12.4 Tennis
00:34:30 13 International relations
00:34:56 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:35:11 13.2 Partner cities
00:35:39 14 See also
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Kyoto (京都, Kyōto, ; Japanese: [kʲoːꜜto] (listen)), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, Japanese: [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] (listen)), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan. For over a thousand years, Kyoto was the Imperial capital of Japan but is now a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.