Society
Social Series
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Emperor in Reiwa Era — 1st Goodwill Visit / Emperor’s Knowledge of Water Key to International Amity
The upcoming visit of the Emperor and Empress to Indonesia marks the start of international goodwill...
June 16, 2023
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Emperor in Reiwa Era – 1st Goodwill Visit / Emperor Plans to Meet Descendants of Former Japanese Soldiers in Indonesia
The Kalibata Hero Cemetery in Jakarta is lined with gravestones inscribed with the names of the war ...
June 15, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Students, Schools Strive to Spend Less Time Online
The Yomiuri ShimbunStudents read paperbacks in an “intensive reading” class in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pr...
June 12, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Japanese Students Compete on Drug Overdoses to Gain Approval of Peers
A third-year college student, 20, living in Tochigi Prefecture, had had good grades ever since eleme...
June 10, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Digital Devices Provide Bullies with New Tools to Taunt Victims
It all came to a head in autumn last year when the boy was a third-year junior high school student. ...
June 9, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / AI Could Undermine Homework, Exam Question-setting
“Schoolteachers may become unnecessary,” opined a Chiba Prefecture public high school English teache...
June 8, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Is Overuse of Devices Affecting Student Discipline?
One afternoon in January, as students at an elementary school in Chiba Prefecture tucked into pieces...
June 8, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / ChatGPT Raises Host of Issues over Extent of Usage
The use of the conversational AI model ChatGPT continues to extend to a variety of organizations and...
April 28, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / LDP Eager to Embrace AI, But Lacks Plan to Regulate It
The Yomiuri ShimbunOpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks to reporters after meeting with ...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / Copyright Protection Struggles to Fend Off AI-Generated Works
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES — On Amazon.com’s U.S. website, many e-books are offered where the conversation...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / New Software Protects Artwork from AI Imitations
Efforts are underway to protect artists and others from images generated through artificial intellig...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / Generative AI Triggers Concerns — Even Among Developers of the Technology
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools present a new threat to the information space. ...
April 26, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / ChatGPT Can Be Tricked into Generating Malware, Bomb-making Instructions
In online forums where criminals exchange information, discussions about “ChatGPT loopholes” and “Wa...
April 25, 2023
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Mental Health Impact / Japan’s Middle-Aged and Elderly Fall Prey to Conspiracy Theories
As the university student watched a video on her smartphone with a title about the deep state ruling...
April 8, 2023
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Mental Health Impact / Japan Experts Call for Drastic Measures to Fight Online Addiction
In late March, an 18-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture and his parents visited the...
April 7, 2023
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