TOYOAKE , Japan—Usually calm and routine, life in Toyoake suddenly turned tense this week as the city council passed a sweeping rule limiting smartphone use to two hours daily, starting October 1, 2025.

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Thailand's Education Ministry has announced plans to limit the use of smartphones in schools because of fears that children's development is suffering because they have become hooked on the technology.

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