Jul 24 (News On Japan) - The AI Utilization Expo 2025 will take place on September 9th and 10th at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center's Hamamatsucho Hall, 5th floor.
The event will spotlight cutting-edge business solutions driven by artificial intelligence, targeting companies seeking to improve operational efficiency.
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Japan’s population of Japanese nationals has decreased for the 16th consecutive year, according to demographic data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. As of January 1st, 2025, the Japanese population stood at 120.65 million, a drop of roughly 910,000 from the previous year—marking the largest annual decline on record.
A severe and prolonged heatwave is taking a widespread toll across Japan, affecting everything from traditional summer events to vegetable harvests and dairy farms.
Authorities have launched a full investigation into the fire that broke out during the Minato Mirai fireworks festival in Yokohama, where five workers had to be rescue from an exploding barge.
Japan’s government plan to flood the market with stockpiled rice to lower prices is facing setbacks, as demand slumps and cancellations from retailers increase. Initially popular, the rice is now piling up on shelves, prompting calls to extend the end-of-August sales deadline. Even discounted imported rice is struggling to sell. Meanwhile, rice prices have unexpectedly risen for the first time in 10 weeks.
Australia has selected Japan’s proposal for the joint development of next-generation naval vessels, marking a significant milestone in bilateral defense cooperation.
The spread of AI-generated sexual deepfakes—images and videos in which individuals, including children, are falsely depicted in explicit content—has become a growing societal concern in Japan. While celebrities have long been targeted, there is now a disturbing rise in the use of school graduation photos and other images of minors to create sexualized deepfake content that is then uploaded to social media platforms.
As generative AI becomes more widespread, reports of sexual deepfake abuse are increasing around the world. Behind the surge are websites that use artificial intelligence to transform ordinary photos into fake nude images and videos—often without the subject’s consent.
When you log into a digital platform — whether it’s for streaming, shopping, gaming, or news — everything seems effortless. A smooth design, fast loading, and instant access to content. But what you don’t see is often what makes that experience possible.
Industry chatter is buzzing about the rise of the telegram casino model, and for good reason. By plugging sportsbook odds and casino titles directly into the world’s fastest chat app, operators can meet players where they already spend hours each day.
Listen, I've eaten a lot of ramen in my time. Sodium-bomb packets (when I didn’t have to mind my sodium intake) that sustained me through college, $25 artisanal bowls that make my wallet weep, to anything in between.
Panasonic has unveiled a new high-end rice cooker priced at around 100,000 yen, featuring AI technology that makes even older or emergency stockpile rice taste sweet and fluffy.
Following the massive earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami warnings and advisories were issued across wide areas of Japan, including reports of waves over one meter high in places such as Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture.
Advantest, a maker of semiconductor testing equipment, announced on July 29th that its net profit for the year through March 2026 is expected to reach 221.5 billion yen, a 37% increase from the previous year.
