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  "id": 229340,
  "title": "Can Robots Save Japan’s Aging Cherry Blossom Farmers?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/can-robots-save-japans-aging-cherry-blossom-farmers",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-06T13:12:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/world/asia/japan-ai-robot-cherry-blossoms.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}