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Japan's $10 Billion Dollar Smart City Of The Future

Jul 10 (TheRichest) - Toyota is building a $10 billion smart city at the base of Mount Fuji. Woven City will be a living laboratory where Toyota employees, engineers, scientists, and researchers can live and work.

The state-of-the-art smart city will feature eco-friendly smart houses, numerous types of robots, and autonomous vehicles. The city will be built on a unique grid system with three different types of roads seamlessly weaved together to create an interconnected community. Some roads will be used exclusively by autonomous vehicles like the Toyota e-Palette. Other roads will be for pedestrians and people on bicycles and mobility scooters like the Toyota i Walk. The final type of road will be a linear park that can only be used by pedestrians. The smart homes in Woven City will be built by robots and put together using traditional Japanese construction methods. Combining technology with nature will be a major theme in Woven City. The Central Plaza will be a place where residents can socialize and shop. Technology has resulted in humans spending less time outside and more time online, but designers want to make Woven City’s Central Plaza a new type of town square where residents can bring human connectivity to the forefront. Woven City's underground transport system called matternet can be used to deliver food and other goods directly to people's homes using Toyota Micro-Palette robots.

Do Bears Prefer Acorns or Berries?

Bear sightings across Japan have already climbed to nearly twice the level recorded during the same period last year, prompting entry bans in mountain areas behind Kyoto’s Ninna-ji Temple and the cancellation of hiking events in Kansai, while new research suggests that the key to reducing encounters may lie in understanding what bears eat in each region.

Copper Thieves Target Japanese Shrines

Copper roofing panels were stolen from several shrines in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, including a city-designated cultural property, in the latest case amid a nationwide surge in copper thefts targeting shrines and temples across Japan, where soaring metal prices have fueled crimes that leave historic religious buildings damaged, exposed to the elements, and facing repair costs of millions of yen.

1200-Year-Old Temple on Miyajima Reduced to Ashes

Flames broke out on the morning of May 20th on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, home to one of Japan's World Heritage sites, destroying Reikado Hall near the summit of Mount Misen.

From Bento Boxes to Garbage Bags, Rising Costs Hitting Daily Life Across Japan

Uncertainty surrounding the situation in the Middle East is beginning to affect daily life in Japan, as concerns over crude oil supplies spread to restaurants, cleaning services and even household garbage disposal systems across the Kansai region.

Tochigi Robbery-Murder Suspect’s Wife Posted Dance Videos on Social Media

A 25-year-old woman arrested as a suspected ringleader in a robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture once posted cheerful dance videos on social media and was remembered by those who knew her as an energetic and outgoing young woman.

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