that was team yumbo visma of teunissen. and he now leads the race by ten seconds, thomas lies joint sixth populations in the world and that means not enough young workers. so the government is getting more women into work, bringing in foreigners and developing robots. stephanie hegarty went to tokyo to meet one robot that could one day be sitting in this very chair. welcome to the bbc. i am erica henri... i feel like we are in a chat show here but i am not sure who the presenter is. meet erica, the first robot newsreader in the world. hi,| first robot newsreader in the world. hi, iam first robot newsreader in the world. hi, i am erica, first robot newsreader in the world. hi, iam erica, nice to first robot newsreader in the world. hi, i am erica, nice to meet you. you too. i am from ireland. hi, i am erica, nice to meet you. you too. i am from irelandlj hi, i am erica, nice to meet you. you too. i am from ireland. i love you very much. this is erica's engineer. today's news, buckingham palace is expected to announce... she has three modes, she can be operated remotely, pre—programmed with