THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 7, 2020 at 18:30 JST
A woman operates an alter-ego robot via a tablet terminal at Niigata Prefectural Kashiwazaki special-needs school on Feb. 5. The robot is expected to take part in the summer’s Paralympic flame-lighting festival, assisting sick children. (Koji Atsumi)
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