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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI-driven job disruption fears are rising, but a stable labor market and limits on technology adoption are likely to delay widespread job losses in the near term.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2026
The AI job apocalypse is being delayed
Job losses due to technological disruption tend to come in recessionary bursts rather than in a linear fashion.
Women comprise the majority of workers in more than half of the 40 occupations that are most at risk of displacement by artificial intelligence.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2025
The AI labor shock is coming for women
While AI is out to eat everyone¡¯s lunch, it¡¯s women¡¯s lunches the technology looks likely to gobble up first ¡ª and fastest.
AI-powered photo-editing tools show immense potential for restoring and manipulating images for consumers and advertisers, but current limitations and the high risk of misuse highlight challenges for both technology and regulators.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2025
Photoshopping, not chatbots, might be AI¡¯s killer app
Enforcement across the world wide web remains an open question and rising mistrust of digital media could trigger stricter interventions elsewhere.
China is reshaping its AI strategy by backing domestic chipmakers and pushing startups to raise funds through stock markets, with the goal of reducing reliance on Nvidia and creating self-sufficient supply chains.
COMMENTARY
Aug 28, 2025
China gets closer to finding its own Nvidia
Cambricon has become a stock market darling, precisely because investors recognize China has a good chance to take market share in inference chips.
A Japanese AI researcher says that instead of fearing superintelligent machines, the world should focus on building a symbiotic relationship with them ¡ª a shift in perspective that could reshape the global AI safety debate.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2025
Make the robot your colleague, not overlord
An argument is emerging for an AI future less like ¡°The Terminator¡± and more like ¡°Astro Boy.¡±
AI is not only transforming the applications we use; it is also reshaping the very process of software development, threatening to render much of today¡¯s tech sector obsolete.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2025
How artificial intelligence will disrupt Big Tech
AI is already starting to cannibalize established giants and also to reshape the profession of software engineering.
ChatGPT¡¯s advanced voice mode is able to seamlessly go back-and-forth between languages with live, human-sounding responses and minimal errors.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2024
ChatGPT is now a creepy cultural chameleon
This uncanny tool that can speak 50 languages with human-like candor has the potential to forever change how people around the world interact with AI.
The advent of ¡°relationship bots¡± will change the world¡¯s oldest profession, but the need for human connection will persist.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2024
AI will transform sex work but not intimacy
There is already at least one relationship bot called Replika and more will surely follow. And they will only get better.
Despite current limitations, the progression toward practical humanoid robots is anticipated, driven by advancements in technology and artificial intelligence.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2024
The future of robots is coming on two legs
Unlike traditional robots, which have already transformed industries with their transport capabilities, bipedal robots are still in the early stages of deployment.
AI-powered disinformation campaigns particularly during elections can create varied and nuanced content, making detection more challenging.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2024
If AI wrecks democracy, we may never know
AI-powered disinformation campaigns can create varied and nuanced content, making detection more challenging.
Left: A man protesting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games clashes with police on Aug. 8, 2021. Right: An AI-generated version of the photo to the left is included to show the difference between real and fake images in news reporting.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2024
Stranger than fiction: How AI threatens photojournalism
AI images will increasingly replace photos of real events in news reporting, posing an existential threat to photojournalism¡¯s accuracy and integrity.
An event for female coders in New York in 2013. Women¡¯s full participation is key to ensure technologies like AI help bridge the gender gap.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2024
Now is our chance to govern AI for women¡¯s empowerment
The pace of AI development may seem relentless, but there¡¯s still time to create safeguards to ensure that innovation doesn¡¯t perpetuate gender inequality.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose company launched a pair of smart glasses, on stage at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in September.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2023
Do you want Meta snooping in your closet with AI wearables?
AI wearable devices represent yet another intrusion into our privacy, allowing tech companies to learn even more about who we are ¡ª and what we might buy.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in 2020
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2023
Human success means evolving with AI, not shunning it
Most future jobs will be hybrid, powered by human and artificial intelligence. The challenge lies in striking the right balance.
As artificial intelligence grows more sophisticated, transparency has taken a back seat and could harm its quality and safety.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2023
Secretive chatbot developers are making a big mistake
Before we can ponder existential threats of the new technology, Silicon Valley must be forced to disclose more about how their tools are created.
A lonely woman (Ayaka Nakagochi, left) develops romantic feelings for her personal care humanoid (Kosei Kudo) in ¡°12 Months of Kai.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2023
¡®12 Months of Kai¡¯: When Prince Charming is too perfect to be real
Mutsuki Kameyama¡¯s sci-fi romance about a woman who falls in love with a handsome humanoid delves into the difficulties of ¡°unconventional¡± relationships.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2022
AI panned my screenplay. Can it crack Hollywood?
Artificial intelligence hopes to bring science to picking movie winners in a business long run by gut instinct.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2022
Implementation, not innovation, is the key to economic success
Innovation has been the main driver of long-term economic growth since the Industrial Revolution. But in today¡¯s day and age, diffusion of new technologies separates winners from losers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2022
AI¡¯s next big thing is ¡®fake¡¯ data
Strange as it may sound, the growth of fake data is a step in the right direction, and not just because it avoids using people¡¯s personal data.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Aug 5, 2021
How Japan has tapped into the history of innovation at the Olympics
From electric vehicles to 5G wireless technology, Japanese technology is being showcased to the world at the Games.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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