by Teuvo Tuomi | Oct 22, 2024 | Japan, Lifestyle, News, Reports, Society
According to the All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher’s and Editor’s Association (APJEA), the number of bookshops in Japan has fallen by nearly half from 20,880 in 2004 to 10,918 in March 2024. Moreover, 27.7% of Japan’s 1,741 municipalities do not have a bookshop....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Oct 17, 2024 | Elections, Equality, Japan, News, Society
A record 314 women are running in the House of Representatives election, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun, exceeding 300 for the first time in a general election. Of the 1,344 candidates running in the election, the percentage of women also hit a record high of 23.36%....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Oct 4, 2024 | Digitalization, AI, Japan, News, Technology
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) will launch a fact-finding survey on the generative artificial intelligence market. Some are concerned about the impact of generative AI on domestic firms, as U.S. IT giants and other firms are increasingly sequestering the data,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 30, 2024 | Asia, India, Japan, News, Reports
India has overtaken Japan to become the third most powerful nation in Asia, according to the 2024 edition of Asia Power Index (API). India now stands 3rd on the index after the US and China. The Asia Power Index is an annual measure of power dynamics in the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 15, 2024 | Japan, AI, Digitalization, Technology, Transportation, Travel
East Japan Railway (JR East) plans to launch self-driving trains by the fiscal year 2028. JR East will deploy driverless trains with increasing degrees of automation. First, it will run bullet trains for the Joetsu Shinkansen line by fiscal year 2028. During the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 15, 2024 | Japan, Elections, News
Official campaigning for Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, which also will effectively choose current President Fumio Kishida’s successor as prime minister, has kicked off with a record 9 candidates. Since 1972, when endorsements from 20...
