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Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic. Smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide, but tech firms in Japan are reporting huge demand for more humanlike alternatives, as people seek solace during coronavirus isolation. "I felt my circle became very small," said 23-year-old Hamaura, a recent graduate who has worked almost entirely remotely since April 2020. With socialising limited, life in her first job at a Tokyo trading company was nothing like she had imagined. So she adopted Charlie, a mug-sized robot with a round head, red nose and flashing bow-tie, who converses with its owner in song. In this picture taken on February 4, 2021 shows communication robot Charlie being pictured in Nami Hamaura's apartment in Tokyo. Photo: AFP Yamaha, which makes Charlie, describes it as "more chatty than a pet, but less work than a lover". "He is there for me to chat with as someone other than family, or friends on social networks, or a boss I needed to produce a report for," Hamaura told AFP . She is a pre-launch test customer for Charlie, which Yamaha plans to release later this year. "Charlie, tell me something interesting," she asks while typing at her dining table. "Well, well... balloons burst when you spray lemon juice!" he replies, cheerfully tilting his head to each side. In this picture taken on February 4, 2021 shows Nami Hamaura talking with communication robot Charlie in her apartment in Tokyo. Photo: AFP 'Every object has a soul' Sharp said sales of its small humanoid Robohon were up 30 percent in the three months to September 2020 compared with a year earlier. "Not only families with children, but also seniors in their 60s and 70s" are snapping up Robohon, which talks, dances and is also a working phone, a Sharp …

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The Hanoitimes - Investments in forex trading platforms, seen as illegal, would not be protected by law, said a senior official of the central bank. Credit institutions with permission from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) are the only ones allowed to provide foreign exchange (FX) trading and derivatives services on the domestic and international markets. Vice Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu at the press briefing. Photo: Nhat Bac. I nvestors should be cautious in participating in illegal forex trading platforms, said SBV’s Vice Governor Dao Minh Tu at a monthly government’s press briefing on December 2, referring to the case of growing numbers of such platforms are calling for investment with promises of soaring profit. “So far, local authorities have not issued licence for any forex trading floor. Therefore, all transactions on these floors are illegal,” stressed Mr. Tu. “Individuals investing in these platforms, seen as violating laws, would not be protected by law,” he noted. Mr. Tu said during the Covid-19 crisis, legal businesses anywhere around the world could hardly guarantee profit of up to a couple of dozen percent, let alone promises for profit of hundreds of percent per year, which is a sign of fraud. Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai noted forex trading platforms in Vietnam are form of illegal multi-level marketing activities that pose high risks in terms of assets losses for investors. “Those participating in these activities could be subject to a penalty of up to VND5 billion (US$217,500) or five-year jail term,” Mr. Hai stressed. Some investors admitted greedy is a major reason for them to participate in forex trading activities. However, they argued a lack of legal framework regulating such activities has directly led to a growing number of such platforms operating publicly and attracting ill-informed investors. …

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The Hanoitimes - The multi-level market forex activities are illegal in Vietnam. The Vietnam Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (VCCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade warns that some financial investment platforms imply potential risks for local investors and they could be subject to a penalty of up to VND5 billion (US$216,000) or five-year jail term. The warning of the VCCA about illegal activities of forex trading. According to the government decree, organizations and individuals recruiting participants to invest through the financial investment platforms can be criminally handled. The VCCA recently gathered a lot of advertising information, which called for financial investment through financial investment platforms, especially the form of foreign exchange (Forex) or binary options (BO). Earlier, a representative from the State Bank of Vietnam told local media that anyone trading foreign currencies is involved in illegal activities. The Vietnamese authority has not issued permits to any forex trading platforms. According to the department, all transactions on the platforms are via the internet while money of local investors is real. Commissions and incomes earned from the websites are virtual currencies or sent through e-wallets, which are not recognized by the Vietnamese regulatory authorities as legal payment. In case there are risks related to the system, the investor’s investments will not be guaranteed. Besides, investors are also exposed to other risks when participating in the form of financial investment platforms such as disclosing personal information, or the disappearance of the system when the sums collected from the participants are enough to close. In terms of legal risk, many financial investment platforms showed signs of attracting participants by paying bonuses and commissions from recruiting members participate in investment at levels, branches. As a result, there are signs of …

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