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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co's humanoid robot Asimo at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on Friday. Turnbull is on a one-day visit to Tokyo to have talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

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Wonderful!

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Looks like a warm welcome with a cold hand sake.

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Is this a rehearsal for his meeting with Prime Minister Abe?

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The way Australia has been going through Prime Ministers in the last few years, the robot may very well be next in line... I for one welcome our new robot overlords.

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Yep, this photo reinforces almost every stereotype about Japan: a cute culture that loves robots more than actual interaction with other humans.

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a cute culture that........................other humans

Trying to find a piece of bone inside a egg, some people just like slam others for that small cure thing,shaking hand with other.

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Technology is going to its next level,Great work done Japan.

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Why do foreign dignitaries always have to 'meet' a damn robot every time they come to Japan? To perpetuate the well established myth of Japan as the tech wonder of the world?

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Hopefully Turnbull's talks with his Japanese counterpart Abe has turned out good.

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ASIMO has been around for 15 years. I know there have been upgrades and improvements, but isn't it time for ASIMO's successor?

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