News & Reviews:   tokyo

Tsubame Industries may soon be selling a 4.5-meter tall giant robot for $3 million USD (~RM14151000). The robot has four legs with wheels on them, can be piloted from the inside and has five fingered hands. The company plans to make 5 of them for those big spenders out there but haven’t provided any Japan release dates, much less Malaysia release dates.

AirAsia today announced the resumption and launch of flights to Japan, namely Tokyo, Sapporo (via AirAsia X) and Fukuoka (via Thai AirAsia X). Moreover, the airline company also announced the launch of a new direct route from Penang to Bali.

Based on a statement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there is a chance the Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be cancelled or postponed due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak. With that said, more than 15400 athletes from various nations could be affected if such an event were to be cancelled.

Tokyo 2020’s organizing committee has unveiled the designs of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Olympic medals which will be awarded to the winners of their respective sport. The medals will be made out of materials extracted from 6.21 million pieces of electronics. The extraction resulted in a total of 32kg of gold, 3500kg of silver as well as 2200kg of bronze metal.