Japanese electronics giant NEC has developed a generative AI technology that can analyze video footage and explain what it sees in text. NEC’s newly developed AI uses its ability to recognize faces or objects in the video and describe them in words. Then the information is fine-tuned into coherent text by using generative AI. Possible … Read more
The operator of Narita Airport, near Tokyo, says applications for new international flights cannot be fully met because of a shortage of ground staff. Airport officials said on Thursday they carried out a survey on the impact of the labor shortage amid the rise in inbound foreign tourists following the pandemic. They said overseas airlines … Read more
Japanese budget airline Zipair Tokyo has announced it will open a new route between Narita Airport near Tokyo and Canada’s west coast city of Vancouver next year. The Japan Airlines subsidiary says it plans three weekly round-trip flights from March.It will be the first Japanese low-cost carrier to fly to Canada.Zipair currently operates eight routes … Read more
NHK has learned the Japanese government’s travel support program for people evacuating from Ukraine to Japan using commercial flights will end this month. Japan started the program in April last year as an emergency measure following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The government has been securing seats on commercial flights from Poland once a week for … Read more
American IT giants Microsoft and Amazon have set their sights on winning a share of Japan’s growing generative AI market. They are offering financial incentives for businesses that adopt their technologies. Microsoft says it is setting aside 100 million dollars to support its corporate clients worldwide. About 40 percent of that is expected to benefit … Read more
India says it has resumed offering some of the visa services that it suspended in Canada last month. The suspension was among several tit-for-tat steps taken amid an ongoing diplomatic dispute. The conflict is over the killing of a Sikh leader on Canadian soil. The High Commission of India in Ottawa, Canada issued a press … Read more
Japan’s Defense Ministry says that Mitsubishi Electric and the Australian government have signed a contract to jointly develop defense equipment. It is the first time for a Japanese company to directly make a defense contract with a foreign government. Mitsubishi Electric Australia and the Australian Defense Department will develop surveillance and monitoring equipment to be … Read more
Japan’s Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee have officially abandoned their bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the city in Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan. Sapporo’s mayor, Akimoto Katsuhiro, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yamashita Yasuhiro announced the decision during a news conference on Wednesday. Yamashita revealed that the committee and the … Read more
Officials of the northern Japanese city of Sapporo plan to drop their bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and seek to host the Games in 2034 or later. Corruption and bid-rigging scandals linked to the Tokyo Summer Games in 2021 forced Sapporo to limit its promotional campaign. The city has updated its … Read more
Bangladesh is set to get one more step closer to becoming a country with nuclear energy capacity, as the first consignment of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is scheduled to be handed over in the first week of October. RNPP is the single biggest investment in the history of the country, with … Read more