AI programs like ChatGPT to be on G-7 agenda in Hiroshima as Japan pushes such tech
World leaders are due to discuss the potential and pitfalls of AI at this weekend’s Group of Seven (G-7) summit of wealthy advanced democracies in Hiroshima.
Walter Sim
Japan PM Kishida’s ruling party scores big wins in local election contests
The wins came on Sunday, when the first of two rounds of unified local elections took place. The next is on April 23.
Kishida’s surprise Kyiv visit bolsters Japan’s image as defender of peaceful rules-based order
The visit came after Mr Zelensky had personally invited Mr Kishida to visit during a January phone call. Mr Kishida is the last G-7 leader to visit Ukraine.
Japan, South Korea hail spring thaw in wintry relations as they seek closer ties
During their meeting, Kishida and Yoon’s crowded agenda involved topics as diverse as history, trade, security, and culture.
Flying cars and space tourism: Fukushima shapes the future 12 years after nuclear disaster
That future is almost within reach in Fukushima, which has drastically reinvented itself following the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that occurred 12…
When work, private life mix: Kishida criticised over son’s shopping trip on duty
The Japanese Prime Minister named his eldest son as one of his executive secretaries in October 2022, with an eye to groom him as his successor.
‘Simply not meant to be’: Heartbreak in Japan as Samurai Blue exit World Cup
Japan may be a football-mad nation, but even then they were seen as underdogs by their compatriots. Few dared to dream.
Japan to recognise China-made jabs when visa-free travel restarts on Oct 11
This marks a key change from the current regime that recognises all Covid-19 vaccines on the World Health Organisation's emergency use list except China-made vaccines.
Japan gives green light to non-guided package tours
These measures have been cheered as a positive step in Japan’s reopening to tourism, with the country still lagging behind most of the world in easing Covid-19 border controls.
Singapore’s Pan Pacific Hotels Group to open two new hotels in Tokyo next year
These two hotels are part of the ongoing Shinjuku Redevelopment Plan to spruce up the nightlife and shopping district.