Nov 12 (日テレNEWS) - An AI Yearbook app in which you can change regular selfies into an American student style is going viral on social media. Today, we asked whether the young generation in Japan are aware of this trend and tried it out to see how it works.
The number of U.S. military personnel arrested for criminal offenses in Okinawa has reached 77 so far this year, already surpassing the record total for all of 2024 as of the end of September.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare plans to introduce a new system starting in June 2027 that will, in principle, deny changes or renewals of residence status for foreign residents who fail to pay their national health insurance premiums despite repeated requests for payment.
As of November 4th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that a tropical depression near the Caroline Islands is expected to develop into a typhoon within the next 24 hours. The system is separate from Typhoon No. 25 (Haiyan) currently near the Philippines and is projected to move northwestward once it intensifies.
Japan’s record-breaking bear crisis has entered a new and deadly phase, with authorities confirming that a 79-year-old woman missing in Akita Prefecture was found dead in the mountains, believed to be the 13th fatality from bear attacks this year.
An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Eniwa City, Hokkaido, prompting authorities to begin culling operations on Sunday afternoon.
Visitors to Uruma Marche, a local produce market in Uruma City, can now use artificial intelligence to get instant cooking ideas for Okinawan ingredients.
Japan’s first international AI film festival was held over the holiday weekend, drawing more than 400 works from around 40 countries including the United States and South Korea, each created using generative AI technology.
Stores, services, and vending machines across Japan still accept cash without question. Yet digital wallets and prepaid cards are quietly reshaping how money moves.
If you have ever watched a game in Japan, you will know how much the energy in the stands is different from everything we are used to.
AI technology is reshaping global defense strategies at an unprecedented pace. From drones that can identify and strike targets independently to systems that plan missions using real-time data, the boundaries of human control are being tested.
As global adoption of digital assets accelerates, the need for safe and transparent cryptocurrency to fiat operations has become more urgent than ever.
As generative AI rapidly expands, new cooling technologies are becoming essential. AI servers running these models are equipped with numerous GPUs, generating immense heat, and attention is now focused on liquid cooling technology.
KDDI announced on October 28th that it will begin operating a new data center in late January 2026 at the site of the former Sharp factory in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.
