(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) MASTER'S DEGREE GRADUATE, KAZUKI TAMURA, SAYING: "When I entered this university, I never thought I would control an avatar robot to receive a diploma. I think this is truly a ...

Lockdown orders, stay-at-home measures, and social distancing guidelines have made it effectively impossible for colleges to hold standard commencement ceremonies during the COVID-19 pandemic. RELATED ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Spring graduation ceremonies in Japan have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but students at one school were able to attend remotely by controlling avatar robots ...

A public school in Taguig is the first in the Philippines to dress robots in toga to represent its graduates. The first in the world to do that was a university in Tokyo. Filipinos were thrilled on ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. The avatar robots, called "Newme" by developer ANA Holdings, were dressed in standard ...

A university in Tokyo refused to let the coronavirus pandemic stand in the way of its graduation so it deployed tablets and avatar robots dressed in caps and gowns.