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  • A patron finishes his meal at a Shibuya-area Wendy's fast-food restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. The Wendy's hamburger chain closed all of their 71 restaurants in Japan at the end of 2009. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Tokyo, Japan. Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.
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  • A man walks towards the entrance to the Yasukuni Jinja Shinto Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The shrine was built in 1869 to honor those who lost their lives serving Japan.
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  • A giant french fry sign at a  McDonald's restaurant in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A member of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) gets his hair fixed while others clean the practice ring in preparation for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Jun Yajima, a bike Messenger, washes dishes in the kitchen of his tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A busy street in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya district serves as the administrative and commercial center of Tokyo.
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  • Jun Yajima, a bike Messenger, powers down a busy street in the Shibuya Ward (district) of Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, rides across a bridge over the Tokyo River to make a delivery on the busy streets of Tokyo, Japan.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Bike messengers attend an early morning meeting at T-Serv, a parcel and letter delivery service in Tokyo, Japan, where bike messenger Jun Yajima (with cap and T-serv green striped shirt) works. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) .
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  • The Shinjuku District of Tokyo, Japan, serves as a commercial and administrative center of the city.
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  • Pedestrian, car, bus, and train traffic at a busy intersection in the Shinjuku District of Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Two girls walk past a Condomania condom shop and a McDonald's fast food outlet in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Teenage girls in school uniforms use a cell phone on a busy street characteristic of the fast paced life of Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) tussle in the center of the ring in Nagoya, Japan as Miyabiyama, the premier fighter of the stable, watches.
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  • A wrestler with the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) during practice before a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • A wrestler with the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) during practice before a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at left, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale)  touches an opponent who he has thrown to the ground during practice for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Miyabiyama is one of the largest of the Japanese sumos and would probably have moved up even further in the ranks had he not suffered a severe shoulder injury. He is only just now returning to matches. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at right, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale) charges at his opponent during practice a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A sumo wrestler who is a member of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) does stretching exercises between practice bouts in Nagoya, Japan, in preparation for a tournament.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (ring name Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale) is the premier wrestler of the Musashigawa Beya, based in Tokyo, Japan.   (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama) makes a handprint during a break at pre-tournment practice in Nagoya,  Japan.  The prints are given to fans and sponsors. (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama) makes a handprint during a break at pre-tournment practice in Nagoya,  Japan.  The prints are given to fans and sponsors. (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in June was 3500 kcals.  He is one of the largest of the Japanese sumos and would probably have moved up even further in the ranks had he not suffered a severe shoulder injury. He is only just now returning to matches. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama) is swamped by the press during a break at pre-tournment practice in Nagoya,  Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in June was 3500 kcals.  He is one of the largest of the Japanese Sumos and would probably have moved up even further in the ranks had he not suffered a severe shoulder injury. He is only just now returning to matches. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Nagoya, Japan before a tournament.
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  • Takeuchi Masato (inside ring, right), a professional sumo wrestler whose ring name is Miyabiyama (meaning Graceful Mountain), at practice in Nagoya, Japan, just before a tournament.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A member of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) during practice in Nagoya, Japan, before a tournament.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Nagoya, Japan before a tournament.
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  • Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) practicing in Nagoya, Japan before a tournament.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.  Sumos cook and eat chanko nabe, a stew pot of vegetable and meat or fish, at nearly every meal. It  is eaten with copious amounts of rice and numerous side dishes. Miyabiyama eats now to maintain his weight rather than to gain it, unlike the younger less gargantuan wrestlers in his stable who are eating a lot to pack on weight.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan. A professional sumo wrestler sends his opponent tumbling to the floor during practice with his team.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through agressive practice bouts at their stable in Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Takeuchi Masato, a professional sumo wrestler whose ring name is Miyabiyama (meaning "Graceful Mountain"), with his day's worth of food in the team's practice ring in Nagoya, Japan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, a bike Messenger, rides through a busy intersection in the Shibuya Ward (district) of Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, who works as a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, relaxes at his home in his tiny apartment with a beer and takeout food outside Tokyo, Japan after a long day at work. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, who works as a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, relaxes at his home in his tiny apartment with a beer and takeout food outside Tokyo, Japan after a long day at work. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, a bike Messenger, gets take out dinner from a  fast food restaurant near the train station close to his home in a suburb of Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Pedestrian, car, bus, and train traffic at a busy intersection in the Shinjuku District of Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Takuya Mizuhara, an 18 year old university student (third from the right) with his friends at his favorite meeting place, McDonalds in Shibuya District of Tokyo, Japan. (Takuya Mizuhara is one of the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • People walk on a busy street in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Teenage girls eat ice-cream from Baskin-Robbins on a sidewalk in the Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • A fashionably dressed young woman walks past the Angels heart dessert bar in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • A meal of chanko nabe prepared by sumo wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) while practicing for a wrestling tournament in Nagoya, Japan. Sumos cook and eat chanko nabe, a stew pot of vegetable and meat or fish, at nearly every meal. It  is eaten with copious amounts of rice and numerous side dishes.
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  • A wrestler tidies up the ring during break in practice for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (at left, his ring name is Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale)  with members of his team during practice a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Masato Takeuchi (ring name Miyabiyama), a sumo wrestler at the junior champion level (sekiwale) practices for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan. (Masato Tekeuchi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A younger member of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) with a handprint (tegata) on his chest during practice in Nagoya, Japan before a tournament. The handprint is used a an autograph by wrestlers of higher ranks.   The prints are given to fans and sponsors on sheets of rice paper. Miyabiyama put his hand on this young team member's chest at the end of an autographing session as a joke.
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  • Takeuchi Masato, a professional sumo wrestler whose ring name is Miyabiyama (meaning Graceful Mountain), after practice with his team in Tokyo, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat, Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, who works as a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, relaxes at his home in his tiny apartment with a beer and takeout food outside Tokyo, Japan after a long day at work. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Jun Yajima, a bike Messenger, powers down a busy street in the Shibuya Ward (district) of Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Yajima is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio, co-author of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, interviewing a sumo wrestler in Nagoya Japan.
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  • Tokyo, Japan. Retrospective photo exhibit titled “Evolution of Visual Ideas” displays work from all of Menzel & D’Aluisio’s books at the University of Agriculture.
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  • Tokyo, Japan. Retrospective photo exhibit titled “Evolution of Visual Ideas” displays work from all of Menzel & D’Aluisio’s books at the University of Agriculture.
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  • Tokyo, Japan. Retrospective photo exhibit titled “Evolution of Visual Ideas” displays work from all of Menzel & D’Aluisio’s books at the University of Agriculture.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya): the members of Miyabiyama's Sumo Team cook and eat together while practicing for a tournament in Nagoya. The younger ones do most of the work. Sumos cook and eat chanko nabe, a stew pot of vegetable and meat or fish, at nearly every meal. It  is eaten with copious amounts of rice and numerous side dishes. Miyabiyama eats now to maintain his weight rather than to gain it, unlike the younger less gargantuan wrestlers in his stable who are eating a lot to pack on weight.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya): the members of Miyabiyama's Sumo Team cook and eat together while practicing for a tournament in Nagoya.
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya): the members of Miyabiyama's Sumo Team cook and eat together while practicing for a tournament in Nagoya. The younger ones do most of the work. Sumos cook and eat chanko nabe, a stew pot of vegetable and meat or fish, at nearly every meal. It  is eaten with copious amounts of rice and numerous side dishes. Miyabiyama eats now to maintain his weight rather than to gain it, unlike the younger less gargantuan wrestlers in his stable who are eating a lot to pack on weight.
    Japan_JAP_060628_591_xw.jpg
  • Jun Yajima, a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, powers through downtown Tokyo traffic to deliver a package suspended in his shoulder bag, while also keeping an ear out for his dispatcher to assign him his next pickup location. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Pino, short for Pinocchio (after the fabled wooden puppet that becomes a human boy), is a full-bodied, child-sized, humanoid robot. Even before it demonstrates the ability of a wide range of bipedal movements it already has a national following in Japan after the release of a music video called "Can You Keep a Secret" in which the robot stars alongside one of Japan's most popular recording artists, Hikaru Utada. It has elevated Tatsuya Matsui, the artist who created the robot design, to celebrity status. The robot project is part of a large ERATO grant from the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a branch of the Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese government. Project creator Hiraoki Kitano believes that the aesthetics of a robot are important in order for it to be accepted by humans into their living space. At the Kitano Symbiotic Systems, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Fans invited off a street in Tokyo's Harajuku area to meet Pino pose with the popular robot. Pino, short for Pinocchio (after the fabled wooden puppet that becomes a human boy), is a full-bodied, child-sized, humanoid robot. Even before it demonstrates the ability of a wide range of bipedal movements it already has a national following in Japan after the release of a music video called "Can You Keep a Secret" in which the robot stars alongside one of Japan's most popular recording artists, Hikaru Utada. It has elevated Tatsuya Matsui, the artist who created the robot design, to celebrity status and provoked murmurs of dissent by some in the robotics community who see the robot as a commercial entity rather than a serious research project. Interestingly, the robot project is part of a large ERATO grant from the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a branch of the Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese government. Project creator Hiraoki Kitano  believes that the aesthetics of a robot are important in order for it to be accepted by humans into their living space. At the Kitano Symbiotic Systems, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Fans invited off a street in Tokyo's Harajuku area to meet Pino pose with the popular robot. Pino, short for Pinocchio (after the fabled wooden puppet that becomes a human boy), is a full bodied, child-sized, humanoid robot. Even before it demonstrates the ability of a wide range of bipedal movements it already has a national following in Japan after the release of a music video called "Can You Keep a Secret" in which the robot stars alongside one of Japan's most popular recording artists, Hikaru Utada. It has elevated Tatsuya Matsui, the artist who created the robot design (seated at left), to celebrity status. Interestingly, the robot project is part of a large ERATO grant from the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a branch of the Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese government. Project creator Hiraoki Kitano (standing with arms crossed) believes that the aesthetics of a robot are important in order for it to be accepted by humans into their living space. At the Kitano Symbiotic Systems, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Sayo Ukia (back to camera) shops for fruits and vegetables in the Kodaira City neighborhood, outside Tokyo, Japan, where she and her family live. Because Sayo Ukita buys her family's food from the nearby neighborhood markets situated around the train station (true for many residential areas in Tokyo) she usually shops daily; and by bicycle (the area is congested and there is little parking for cars). From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001.
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  • Atsuo Takanishi of the Humanoid Research Laboratory, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, conversing with writer Faith D'Aluisio at his university laboratory. One of the leading researchers at Japan's Waseda University's long-term robotics project, mechanical engineer Atsuo Takanishi studied under the late Ichiro Kato, a robotics pioneer, and superb fundraiser, who made the school into the epicenter of the field. Continuing Kato's emphasis on "biomechatronics", replicating the functions of animals with machines, Takanishi now supervises the research group that produced WABIAN-RII (behind him in photograph). From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 18.
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  • One of the leading researchers at Japan's Waseda University's long-term robotics project, mechanical engineer Atsuo Takanishi studied under the late Ichiro Kato, a robotics pioneer, and superb fundraiser, who made the school into the epicenter of the field. Continuing Kato's emphasis on "biomechatronics", replicating the functions of animals with machines, Takanishi now supervises the research group that produced WABIAN-RII (behind him in photograph). Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 39.
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  • Sleek and elegant, the head of this unfinished robot was constructed by the Symbiotic Intelligence Group of the Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project. It is funded by an ERATO grant from the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a branch of the Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese government. SIG, as this robot is named, has a white outside shell designed by a project artist, group leader Hiroaki Kitano is a firm believer in the importance of aesthetics. Tokyo, Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 80-81.
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  • Though tentative at first, brother and sister Taichi (3, at left) and Shino (5) warm up to the robot ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) and agree to stand close enough to get a good look at the small stature robot after a performance at Suzuka City, Japan. Honda's walking robot, called ASIMO, is child-sized and has more maneuverability than it's predecessor, the Honda P3. Pictured here at Suzuka City, Japan, amusement complex..
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  • With government-funded construction clogging roadways throughout Japan, traffic robots like this one have become increasingly common. Standing in the Tokyo restaurant supply district, this artificial policeman politely raises and lowers its arm to slow down approaching vehicles. Anzen Taro (Safety Sam), are full 3-D mock-ups of policemen so realistic that oncoming drivers can't tell them from the real thing. Although the makers of these machines describe their products as "robots," many engineers would not, because they do not respond to their environment and cannot be reprogrammed. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 170-171.
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  • Because Sayo Ukita buys her family's food from the nearby neighborhood markets situated around the train station (true for many residential areas in Tokyo) she usually shops daily; and by bicycle (the area is congested and there is little parking for cars). Rather than shop in one store for all items, she shops in a green market, a general merchandise store (pictured) and a fish market. Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001.
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  • Proton decay experiment to determine the ultimate stability of matter..Proton decay. A technician [works with] a 20" (50cm) photomultiplier tube used in the search for proton decay. Hundreds of such tubes line a tank containing 9000 tons of water some 1000 meters underground in a zinc mine in Japan. Tokyo University's Kamiokande experiment was designed to look for decaying protons. If a proton decays, the charged particles it generates move through the water faster than light, and so generate blue 'Cerenkov' radiation. It is this that the photomultipliers detect. Computers then decide whether the event was a decay, or a collision with a solar neutrino. Japan. (1985)
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  • Masako Mizuhashi, a plastic food artist, eats at home during a lunch break in suburban Tokyo, Japan, with her typical day's worth of food (made of plastic) on the table. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • In Osaka, Japan, battery-powered robots?called Anzen Taro (Safety Sam) are used to control traffic. Robots like this one are becoming more common in Japan around government funded construction sites. These three dimensional robots can often be mistaken for real traffic guards.
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  • In Suzuka City, Japan, ASIMO, (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility), a humanoid robot designed by Honda stands with the Suzuka Circuit Queen, and waves to the audience. Honda's walking robot, is child-sized and has more maneuverability than it's predecessor, the Honda P3. Unlike the P3, which couldn't be stopped once it began it's programmed routine, ASIMO can be controlled by either joystick or computer program. Pictured here at Suzuka City (a race track and amusement park), Japan.
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  • The novelty of owning Japan's first robot dog is not enough to keep Mitsuhiko Nozue's son Masahiko from switching his attention to a Pokemon video game. When abandoned by its owner, AIBO, Sony's new, limited-edition mechanical pet, plays with the ball by itself, delighting Mitsuhiko. The man runs for the 150-page manual that came with the robot pet when AIBO displays any new trick, sometimes leaving Mitsuhiko scratching his head; a puzzlement all too familiar from other encounters with digital gizmos. The latest word is that the Nozue family has named their AIBO Narubo. Yokohama, Japan . From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 226.
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  • Posing for a portrait at the Osaka  (Japan) University Department of Computer-Controlled Mechanical Systems, Junji Furusho (seated) and research associate Masamichi Sakaguchi show off Strut, their child-sized humanoid robot. At the time, the robot, a work in progress, could not walk at all?it could only stand. (It walked sometime later.) But simply getting the robot to stand properly was a major accomplishment. Like a human being, Strut has such complex, interreacting mechanical "musculature" that considerable processing power is needed simply to keep it erect. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 49.
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  • Proton decay experiment to determine the ultimate stability of matter. .Proton decay. A technician holding a 20" (50cm) photomultiplier tube used in the search for proton decay. Hundreds of such tubes line a tank containing 9000 tons of water some 1000 meters underground in a zinc mine in Japan. Japan. (1985)
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • After a hard day of work as a bike messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service in Tokyo, Japan, Jun Yajima (left) takes a train ride home. Physically exhausted after a long day's work, he is able to catch a nap standing up on the hour long commute. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Members of Miyabiyama's team enjoy a meal while sitting on tatami mats in Nagoya, Japan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Wrestlers of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) go through practice routines at their stable in Tokyo, Japan. Younger, smaller, and less experienced sumo wrestlers go through exercises emphasizing team unity at the end of a grueling morning practice. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • When a terrifying earthquake leveled part of Turkey in the fall of 1999, rescuers had trouble pulling victims from the rubble because it was too risky to crawl through the unstable ruins. As a result, some people died before they could be rescued. Shigeo Hirose of the Tokyo Technical Institute thinks he may have the solution: Blue Dragon (Souryu in Japanese). A light, triple-jointed robot with a digital camera in its nose, Blue Dragon could crawl through an earthquake-damaged building in search of survivors. Wriggling over a pile of shattered concrete on a construction site at the institute's campus, the battery-operated robot fell over several times, but righted itself quickly and continued slithering through the pile of stone. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 148-149.
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  • Although the Titan VII climbing robot has only four legs, its designers drew their inspiration from spiders, which have exceptional climbing skills. Built by Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, a research associate in the Tokyo laboratory of Shigeo Hirose, the machine is intended to be a mobile construction platform on steep slopes. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 192.
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  • Jun Yajima, a messenger at T-Serv Bike Messenger service, makes a delivery on the busy streets of Tokyo, Japan.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The heavily built torso of Masato Takeuchi, a member of the Professional Sumo Team (Musahigawa Beya) during pre-tournament  practice in Nagoya, Japan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   He is 29 years of age; 6 feet, 2 inches tall; and 400 pounds. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Dispatchers who are former bike messengers with lots of experience at T-Serv Bike Messenger service in Tokyo, Japan, talk to delivery messengers on the streets via radio from their control room. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional sumo wrestler Takeuchi Masato (ring name Miyabiyama- Graceful Mountain), practicing for a tournament in Nagoya, Japan.  (Takeuchi Masato is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Although the Titan VII climbing robot has only four legs, its designers drew their inspiration from spiders, which have exceptional climbing skills. Built by Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, a research associate in the Tokyo laboratory of Shigeo Hirose, the machine is intended to be a mobile construction platform on steep slopes. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 193.
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  • Showing off its dexterity, DB slowly juggles three small round beanbags under the alert supervision of researcher Tomohiro Shibata. The DB project is funded by the Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Humanoid Project and led by independent researcher Mitsuo Kawato. Based at a research facility 30 miles outside of Kyoto, Japan, Kowato began work by adapting a robot designed by SARCOS, a Utah robotics company. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 52-53.
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  • A view of tentlike roof of a building and a near full moon at the science and technology expo at Tsukuba, Japan.
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  • A view of some of the buildings of the science and technology expo at Tsukuba, Japan.
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  • The robot, called Kenta, (Ken means tendon in Japanese) has a flexible spinal column that resembles that of the human body; 96 motors; a five-joint neck; a 10 joint spine (each with 3 degrees of freedom); and fast-moving stereo vision that can track a flesh colored object. The neck and torso are coordinated to respond in concert with the eye's movement. Student researchers create movements for the robot in simulation and then feed the simulations back to the robot. Professor Hirochika Inoue thinks that developing robots with this structure of incredibly decreased weight and fewer parts will reduce the cost and the complexity of robots in the future for more widespread application. Inoue-Inaba Robotic Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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  • In a spanking new, richly-appointed research center above a busy shopping street in Tokyo's stylish Harajuku district, Hiroaki Kitano shows off his robot soccer team. In addition to Kitano's humanoid-robot work at Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project, a five-year, government-funded ERATO project, Kitano is the founder and chair of Robot World Cup Soccer (RoboCup), an annual soccer competition for robots. There are four classes of contestants: small, medium, simulated, and dog (using Sony's programmable robot dogs). Kitano's small-class RoboCup team consists of five autonomous robots, which kick a golf ball around a field about the size of a ping-pong table. An overhead video camera feeds information about the location of the players to remote computers, which use the data to control the robots' offensive and defensive moves. Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 213 top.
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  • Exemplifying the attempts by Japanese researchers to put a friendly face on their robots, DB's creators are teaching it the Kacha-shi, an Okinawan folk dance. Unlike most robots, DB did not acquire the dance by being programmed. Instead, it observed human dancers?project researchers, actually, and repeatedly attempted to mimic their behavior until it was successful. Project member Stefan Schaal, a neurophysicist at the University of Southern California (in red shirt), believes that by means of this learning process robots will ultimately develop a more flexible intelligence. It will also lead, he hopes, to a better understanding of the human brain. The DB project is funded by the Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Humanoid Project and led by independent researcher Mitsuo Kawato. Based at a research facility 30 miles outside of Kyoto, Japan. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 51.
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  • Subway trains cross an overpass over rush hour evening traffic in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, Japan.
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  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
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  • Multi-story golf driving range in Tokyo, Japan, at dusk.
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  • Shinkansen bullet trains in the train station in Tokyo, Japan.
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