Yokosuka, a city located south of Tokyo, has recently started a trial use of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT across all of its offices. The city officials hope that ChatGPT will improve the efficiency of its operations. In the one-month trial, Yokosuka will use ChatGPT to make bulletins, summarize records of meetings, edit documents for typographical errors, solicit proposals for new projects, and gain advice for its policies. Chatbots are software applications trained using massive amounts of data from the internet, enabling them to process and simulate human-like conversations with users. The generative AI will only use non-confidential data entered by the city officials, and confidential data will be excluded. City officials will enter questions or instructions in LoGoChat, a chat tool already introduced for local governments and connected with ChatGPT for the trial.   Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji believes that ChatGPT is a tool that the municipal government can use to he...

Japan has always been an attractive destination for foreigners to work, and recently, the number of foreign residents in Japan surpassed the 3 million-mark.  According to the Immigration Services Agency, the number of foreign residents in Japan rose by 11.4% from a year earlier, hitting a record high of 3,075,213 people. This figure includes around 760,000 people from China, the largest group by nationality, 490,000 individuals from Vietnam, and 411,000 from South Korea. This means that Japanese corporations are now hiring more foreigners, and it opens up new opportunities for skilled employees to work in Japan. So, what should you expect when you land a job in Japan, and how will the influx of foreigners impact Japanese corporations? First, let's talk about what to expect when you land a job in Japan. As mentioned in my other articles, Japan has a unique work culture, which may be different from what you're used to in your home country. However, with the increasing number of...