A dive into AI Drone Swarms in Japan, AI Shinkansens, and Digitization gone wrong in the case of a foreigner being arrested with the wrong/right ID.

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IT'S OMGWTF!

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SOCIETY 5.0

Japan firms look to AI to bolster disaster prevention and mitigation

Automate Shinkansen track inspection with vision AI box equipped with FPGA-based SOM

Shin-Idemitsu and DXYZ introduce facial recognition platform “FreeiD” to the first existing condominium in the Kyushu region

Tokyo police mistakenly arrest Filipino man for allegedly overstaying

Meta CEO Zuckerberg meets Japan PM Kishida in Tokyo to discuss AI

Digitalization drive proving tough for Japanese school teachers

First drone probe of melted fuel inside Fukushima Daiichi reactor halted due to equipment glitch

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023

Foreign firefighting volunteers increasing in east Japan prefecture

'One lifetime, one encounter': Myanmar woman named Japan hot spring guesthouse GM