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YouTube’s AI Japanese translation calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s death on his own show【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2025
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Another bang-up job from AI translation!

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (A.I. • AI • AI translation • artificial intelligence • auto translation • crazy • funny • Japanese language • Jimmy Kimmel • Jimmy Kimmel Live • linguistics • translation • video • weird • YouTube)

Japan Association of Translators condemns A.I. manga translation

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2024

Organization releases statement outlining its opposition to machine translation.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • anime • artificial intelligence • COK • Japanese language • linguistics • manga • translation)

Japanese mayor suddenly speaks fluent English with AI video that surprises even him

• SoraNews24
  Jun 6, 2024

The city with Japan’s largest U.S. naval base gets an English-speaking AI mayor.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI • English • english language • foreigners in Japan • Japanese language • Kanagawa • linguistics • news • society • tourism • translation • travel • videos • Yokosuka)

The AI ’90s yearbook trend hits our office, with hilarious results 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2023

Japanese-style American jocks and honors students are here to brighten your day.

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• Japan
• ('90s yearbook • A.I. • Ahiruneko • apps • crazy • Epik • funny • Go Hatori • image-generating A.I. • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mr. Sato • P.K. Sanjun • photos • Seiji Nakazawa • Takashi Harada • viral trends • yearbook photos • Yoshio • Yuuichiro Wasai)

AI is being used to write a new chapter in the God of Manga’s Black Jack series

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2023

Project “may give birth to a new way of creating content,” says Osamu Tezuka’s son.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI • anime • artificial intelligence • Black Jack • COK • manga • Osamu Tezuka • technology • Tezuka Productions)

Pikachu in 1920s Tokyo images use A.I. to toss the Pokémon mascot 100 years into Japan’s past

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2022

It’s like Pikachu used some super effective time travel powers.

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• Japan
• (1920s • A.I. • anime • cool • cute • image-generating A.I. • Pikachu • Pokemon • retro • video games • weird)

Adult video mosaic destroyer’s trial ends with guilty verdict in Kyoto district court

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2022

Machine-learning A.I. used to try to skirt Japanese censorship laws.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI • beautiful women • censorship • crazy • crime • mosaic • technology • weird)

An A.I. program designed a katana, then a 15th-generation Japanese swordsmith made it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2022

Modern technology intertwines with 400 years of swordsmithing skills.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • awesome • COK • cool • Katana • swords • swordsmiths • technology)

Ferry takes trip halfway across Japan… without anyone steering it

• Katie Pask
  Feb 12, 2022

Unmanned cargo ship travelled from Hokkaido to Ibaraki, and netizens have mixed feelings.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI technology • autonomous • autonomous vehicles • awesome • cargo ships • ferry • Hokkaido • Ibarakai • ship • Sunflower ferry • technology • unmanned)

A.I. Japanese bar Mama-san is ready to listen to your troubles at her virtual bar

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 10, 2021

Created through extensive interviews with a real-life Mama-san, A.I. Yoshiko is here for when you need a caring ear.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • artificial intelligence • bars • cool • Mama-san • technology • weird • Yofuku no Aoyama)

Revolutionary new A.I. self-checkout system in Japan calculates all your items with one glance

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2019

Sayonara barcode scans! Now there’s a faster and easier way to shop in Japan.

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• Japan
• (A.I. • AI • cashless system • IC cards • Mr. Sato • self-checkout • shopping • supermarkets)

Chinese news agency unveils world’s first A.I. news presenters in jaw-dropping video clips

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 7, 2019

We would not blame you if you mistook them for real newscasters.

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• China
• (A.I. • amazing • artificial intelligence • news • newscaster • video • Xinhua News Agency • YouTube)

Japanese AI app features robot that can communicate like a “real girlfriend”

• Anime News Network
  Apr 21, 2017

The Japanese smartphone application and artificial intelligence engine SELF, which features a highly-detailed female robot named Ai Furuse, has just added upgraded conversation functionality, promising, “communication close to that of a real girlfriend or partner.”

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• (A.I. • Anime News Network • ANN • apps • characters • cool • cute)

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  • This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed
  • Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima
  • Bandai looking to introduce Japanese government ID checks for admission to card game events
  • New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
  • Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it

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  1. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
  2. New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
  3. Beautiful Totoro bonsai figure needs no watering, makes soothing rain showers whenever you want
  4. Anime fan in Japan arrested for ordering and cancelling over 4.3 billion yen in anime merch
  5. End of a manga era as Weekly Shonen Jump’s circulation drops under one million
  6. This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed
  7. 7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store drinks with new Grilled Corn Chilled Soup Smoothie
  8. Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima
  9. Studio Ghibli unveils new finger puppets featuring anime characters from My Neighbour Totoro
  10. Starbucks Japan teams up with Traveler’s Company for new stationery and goods collection

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  1. Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
  2. Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy
  3. Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show
  4. Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]
  5. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
  6. 7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype?
  7. Starbucks Japan teams up with Traveler’s Company for new stationery and goods collection
  8. Studio Ghibli’s No Face twirls to sound of Spirited Away’s theme song in beautiful accessory box
  9. Anime fan in Japan arrested for ordering and cancelling over 4.3 billion yen in anime merch
  10. Pokémon comes to McDonald’s Japan for new Happy Meals toys, brings every generation’s starters

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  1. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  2. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  3. Japan now has human refrigerators inspired by Japanese vending machines
  4. Hatsune Miku collaborates with Hokusai’s art in new Vocaloid ukiyo-e illustration series [Pics]
  5. New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier
  6. Studio Ghibli releases anime T-shirts that pay homage to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most personal films
  7. Family Mart opens new “Famima” flagship store in Tokyo that’s like a tourist attraction
  8. Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
  9. Uniqlo looks back to the very start of Pokémon with new black-and-white pixel art T-shirts[Pics]
  10. Japanese Shinkansen becomes an overnight hotel for three nights this summer

  Yearly

  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it’s the best way to start your day【Taste test】

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