One of Japan’s top convenience store chains plans to introduce digital avatars at over 200 stores in the next three years.
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Lawson announces new human-controlled digital avatars at store registers starting this fall
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Krista Rogers
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The number of elderly people in Japan this year has yet again smashed multiple records
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Sep 28, 2021
Japan’s labor shortage is so bad that the government is even recruiting old folks who are willing to work.
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