TOKYO -- As Japan's agriculture industry faces a chronic labor shortage, businesses are developing automated equipment to fill the gap and take some of the burden off graying farmers.
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Farm aid: Japan's aging growers get hand from self-driving machinery
New technology enables robot mowers and tea harvesters with greater precision
Orec's mower can figure out its position with precision thanks to Japan's Michibiki satellite system. (Photo by Kento Fukui)
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