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'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use
Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help residents find a healthier relationship with their screens.
Although it does not result in fines, the directive is aimed at combating "the negative effects of excessive use of smartphones, particularly the accentuated decline in direct human communication", according to the autarcha of this community, in the suburbs of Nagoya, said to the AFP Agency.
In Toyoake, a local directive urges to limit the use of the smartphone to two hours a day: if the police will certainly not stop the refractories, the aim is to have healthier reports on screens, explains to...
A local Toyoake directive is aimed at limiting the use of smartphones at two hours a day.
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