Headline, August 31 2026/ ''' JAPAN'S AGING JARRED '''

''' JAPAN'S AGING JARRED '''

!WOW! RESCUES WORLD : WITH Almighty God's blessings armed with great practices in service of humanity, CANDOR compels Founders to let their thinking and thoughts be known in the public domain.

To the great people of Japan, we say : that robots can't populate your deserted villages, and your aging farmers. Times have changed. Open your hearts and minds to The World Students Society.

By the thousands and even hundreds of thousands, young students, brimming with confidence and genius will get Japan up and running to be once again a leading industrial nation of the world. That's if Japan can work out a splendid rotation policy for !WOW!'s students.

I could go on and on but I don't. Because Japan is a very wise nation. So I avail the singular honour to address !WOW!'s appeal to His Royal Highness, The Emperor of Japan.

'' Aging Japanese farmers, and even the nation of Japan, remain wary of robots.''

AGING JAPAN EYES ROBOTS. BUT there is just nothing less than splendour for the Japanese policy makers to also eye : '' The geniuses of The World Students Society.'' With due respect, there is time enough for Japan to think out of the box.

The color of the cherry blossom hovers between pink and white. The blooms peak briefly. It's hard to explain why Japanese love the sakura. But they do, deeply.

ROBOTS do not appreciate the soft evanescence of the sakura. Nor do they understand why a snowbound town in northern Japan has dedicated itself to cultivation of a winter variety.

But the residents of Nishikawa have discovered - at least they thought they had discovered - that they need robots for their sakura. There are not enough workers in town. The average age of a Nishikawa farmer is 73.

Who else will work in the most depopulated town in one of the most depopulated prefectures on earth, if not an amalgamation of aluminium, steel and hard plastic?

'' We had to do something,'' said Mitsuya Kaneko, the head of the Nishikawa cherry blossom farmers union, whose parents, aged 75 and 84, still plod through the snow to prune and package winter sakura in a largely unheated shed. '' We cannot just die out.''

Mr. Kaneko, at 53 years old, is tech savvy. He pushes his glasses down his nose to peer at his iPhone from which he can check the temperature and humidity of his sakura orchard, as well as catch a livestream of cherry trees being cherry trees.

After watching his hometown shrink and its farmers stoop ever steeper with age, Mr. Kaneko worked with the local government to bring technology to Nishikawa.

Agricultural officials installed sensors detecting minute temperature variations to determine the best time for harvesting sakura. [ That turns out to be after 500 hours of temperatures below 8 degrees Celsius, or 46 degrees Fahrenheit.]

They deployed grass-mowing bots. And as their triumphal act, they ordered a robot that would allow the farmers to more easily transport and load bundles of cherry blossoms onto trucks. Pochi, as the robot was named, was to arrive last November.

Then the farmers of Nishikawa waited. November came and went. In a nation that has made punctuality a high art form, the delay was embarrassing. Pochi finally arrived on Christmas Day, a cheery yellow container on wheels that looked less like a sophisticated robot and more like an oversize Lego construction. It costs about $15,000.

Since then, well, that's the story for all the buildup and excitement from robot boosters and local politicians of Yamagata Prefecture eager to uncork central government funds for rural revitalization Pochi has mostly slumbered unloved in a corner of a greenhouse.

The prevailing attitude toward the robot, which can negotiate mountain terrain and carry 600 pounds [ 270 kilograms ] was encapsulated by Hidek Shida, 84, a Nishikawa farmer.

Even as Mr. Kaneko showed off how Pochi, with the slightest flick of a wrist, followed him like an obedient dog, Mr. Shida trundled past conspicuously, pushing sticks of cherry blossoms on a metal cart.

'' I do things the old way,'' he said, casting a dismissive look at Pochi.

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on Jobs, Technologies, Opportunities and Innovation, continues. !WOW! thanks Hannah Beech and Kiuko Notoya.

With most respectful dedication to the Students, Professors and Teachers of Japan and then the world.

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