(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Last Week in Japanese News 04/09/2023-04/15/2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-17 Hello, RWPOINTWOMAN, and this is Last Week in Japanese News. Here is where I translate Japanese articles about Japan from the Easy section of the Easy Japanese news reader app into English. On with the show! April 9, 2023: Blue ambulance launched, designed to be easily identified even by colorblind people. (Asahi) A "blue ambulance" concept car that is visible regardless of whether the observer is colorblind has been put on display. Because of the blue ambulance design, which was designed by world-famous artist Reki Yamaguchi with motifs such as sky, clouds, and sea, it has the Color Universal Design mark. Ordinary ambulances have a red stripe against a white background, but it is difficult for colorblind people to see things like red lines on ambulances and red lights on police cars. Ambulance response times have climbed by a factor of roughly 1.5 over the past 20 years and Berling made this concept car as part of a plan to make ambulances a priority. The sun is to introduce these vehicles for civil emergencies. April 10, 2023: Police warn university students to, "Be careful not to take yami baito." (NHK) An increasing number of young people are taking part-time jobs that they found through SNS from groups that perpetrate things like fraud and robbery. On April 7, the police gave students who had just entered universities in Tokyo lectures to warm them against taking yami baito, which are legal or semilegal part-time jobs. The police told the students that on yami baito SNS, job postings claiming they are for "high-income part-time jobs" and "risk-free" are common. The police said that they wanted students to do 3 things in order to avoid being tricked into taking yami baito. The 1st is that if it promises things like a comfortable wage, it could be connected with crime. The 2nd is that if it seems even a little bit strange, one should investigate what kind of job it is. The 3rd is that if one gets in a bind, talk to those such as surroundings people and the police. April 11, 2023: ChatGPT CEO comes to Japan for 1st time. (NHK) ChatGPT, which is increasingly used around the world, is an AI that answers questions in a human-like manner. Sam Altman, the CEO of the company that created it, came to Japan. This is his 1st visit to another country since ChatGPT became available to everyone last November. Altman said, "Our lives can change for the better because of new ways of using new technology." And then he said that he wanted to collaborate with those such as Japan's wonderful engineers and researchers to ensure that its use was widespread in Japan. On the morning of April 10, Altman met with Prime Minister Kishida to discuss how this technology would be used in the future. Italy suspects that ChatGPT violates its privacy laws, so it has banned it. April 12, 2023: Japan instructed to, "please pay attention to influx" of yellow sand to Japan. (NHK) The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 12 that a strong wind blew from the West bringing yellow sand. In the middle of the morning of April 12, yellow sand blew over to regions like Kyushu and Chugoku. There was so much sand in some places that visibility was poor. In Shima Prefecture, it became impossible to see past 5 km. It appears that the yellow sand will spread to the east side by April 13 and fly into Japan. It appears that in severely affected areas, visibility will be diminished closer than 5 km as well. The yellow sand might stain clothes left out to dry. The JMA advises paying attention to traffic when doing things like driving. April 13, 2023: Percentage of female students entering Tokyo University highest ever at 23% at school entrance ceremony. (NHK) Tokyo University held its school entrance ceremony on April 12. This year, others such as parents could attend and masks were optional. This year, 3,126 students entered Tokyo University. 23% were female, the highest ever. The college president, who was present at the ceremony, said, "We have been wanting it to be 30% for about 10 years, but it has not happened yet. It is important that a variety of people be able to gather and study here." A female student entering university said, "Tokyo University has few female students, so I want to change that. I want to work in a government office in the future and I want society to be easier for women to work in." That's all for now. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/17/2163103/-Last-Week-in-Japanese-News-04-09-2023-04-15-2023 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/