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2024 WAIC Held in Shanghai, China

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 4, 2024 - A staff member demonstrates AI multilingual news broadcasting at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024 in Shanghai, China, July 4, 2024.

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-BOSS LADIES-GLOBAL BUSINESS (CN)

(240607) -- YIWU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fu Jiangyan (2nd L, front row), who manages a sock store at Yiwu International Trade Market, attends a Spanish lesson in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "China Focus: AI-powered, multilingual Chinese "boss ladies" expand their global reach" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-BOSS LADIES-GLOBAL BUSINESS (CN)

(240607) -- YIWU, June 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows a multilingual product introduction video using AI technology at Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. TO GO WITH "China Focus: AI-powered, multilingual Chinese "boss ladies" expand their global reach" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Han)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-BOSS LADIES-GLOBAL BUSINESS (CN)

(240607) -- YIWU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows a multilingual product introduction video using AI technology at Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. TO GO WITH "China Focus: AI-powered, multilingual Chinese "boss ladies" expand their global reach" (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-BOSS LADIES-GLOBAL BUSINESS (CN)

(240607) -- YIWU, June 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fu Jiangyan (2nd L, front row), who manages a sock store at Yiwu International Trade Market, attends a Spanish lesson in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "China Focus: AI-powered, multilingual Chinese "boss ladies" expand their global reach" (Xinhua)

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New Delhi World Book Fair underway

STORY: New Delhi World Book Fair underway SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of World Book Fair 2024 venue 3. various of book stalls STORYLINE: The 51st edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2024 is currently underway in the Indian capital, celebrating the rich tapestry of Multilingual India. The event spans from Feb. 10 to Feb. 18, offering a unique platform to showcase the diverse linguistic traditions of the nation. With over 400 stalls, the fair boasts an impressive representation of languages. The fair promises a unique and enriching experience for attendees of all ages. Saudi Arabia has been designated as the guest of honor for this gathering. The partnership aims to foster cultural exchange and promote a deeper understanding of the literary traditions between the two nations. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Traditional Tokyo public bathhouse welcomes foreign visitors

TOKYO, Japan - A multilingual ticket machine at Jakotsuyu, a "sento" public bathhouse in Tokyo's Asakusa, is seen on July 28, 2014. The buttons are displayed in English, Chinese and Korean, in addition to Japanese, for the convenience of foreign tourists.

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Discussion for multilingual signage for Tokyo 2020 Games

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (2nd from L) speaks during the first meeting of the central and Tokyo governments, as well as business group representatives, on improving multilingual signage for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital on March 19, 2014, in Tokyo. The meeting agreed that basic signage will be provided in Japanese, English and pictograms, with Chinese, Korean and other languages to be added when necessary.

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Smartphone app translates illness symptoms in 22 languages

MAEBASHI, Japan - A smartphone display shows an image from the free smartphone application "Health Life Passport." Researchers at Gunma University Hospital have worked out the app for producing a medical interview sheet for presentation to a doctor in up to 22 languages, based on replies to a multilingual questionnaire on the user's biodata, symptoms and illness history. It has been developed for those preparing for doctor visits in foreign countries, such as foreign nationals in Japan not confident about expressing symptoms in Japanese as well as Japanese visiting hospitals overseas.

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Multilingual guide robot at Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television City Corp., the operator of Tokyo Tower, inaugurates a new robot capable of providing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on the tower's observation deck on Aug. 1, 2012. The 160-centimeter-tall barrel shaped robot, which weighs 200 kilograms, does the rounds of the second floor of the 150-meter-high deck and tells visitors what they can see below.

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Yokohama develops multilingual World Cup emergency software

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Yokohama City Fire Bureau official demonstrates software installed on a computer which can deal with emergencies in nine languages -- English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Italian. The bureau has developed the software ahead of the final match of the upcoming World Cup soccer finals in the city.

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Student launches multilingual online petition against Japan's security bills

Nobuhiro Hishida, a second-year student at Keio University, shows during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2015, a poster calling for support to his online petition opposing the Japanese government's national security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' overseas operations. With the campaign statement available in eight languages, Hishida plans to send signatures received from around the world to the prime minister's office and both houses of the Japanese parliament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe watches performance of voice translator for use at 2020 Olympics

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a government meeting on science, technology and innovation at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2015. During the meeting, he watched a performance using a pendant-shaped multilingual voice translator the government aims to introduce in time for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe watches performance of voice translator for use at 2020 Olympics

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attends a government meeting on science, technology and innovation at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2015. During the meeting, he watched a performance using a pendant-shaped multilingual voice translator the government aims to introduce in time for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Airport adopts multilingual info board before world disaster meet

An official at Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, points to an electronic board showing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on Feb. 18, 2015. The airport has introduced the multilingual information board as part of preparations for the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in the prefectural capital of Sendai on March 14-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai airport offers tourists multilingual signage via smartphone

Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, begins on Jan. 20, 2015, offering two-dimensional bar codes (R, bottom) at about 100 locations to provide tourist information in nine languages via smartphone or tablet computer. Visitors can obtain information in their preferred language by scanning the codes with their handsets or tablets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Publisher hoping to attract more foreigners to Awa Odori festival

Photo taken in May 2017 shows proposed designs for the multilingual free magazine "Awa Odori Press," that provides information about one of Japan's largest dance festivals held every summer in the western Japan city of Tokushima. The local publisher, Sarugakusha, will issue the magazine in June 2017, trying to reach out to more visitors from overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Euronews to start broadcasting in Japan in December

Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews S.A., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015. The multilingual news organization, headquartered in France, said it will start broadcasting for the first time in Japan from December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Euronews to start broadcasting in Japan in December

Michael Peters (L), CEO of Euronews S.A., and Koji Bando, president of NTT Plala Inc., appear with a banner in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, after announcing the start of Euronews broadcasting in Japan from December. The multilingual news organization's programs will be offered by the Internet-based Hikari TV delivery service operated by NTT Plala. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual speech translation phone tested in taxi

A foreign tourist operates a smartphone equipped with a multilingual speech translation system to talk with a taxi driver during an experiment in Tottori, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2015. The system can translate English, Chinese and Korean to Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual services to be promoted at Higashi Honganji

Choyu Otani, heir to the chief priest of the Otani sect of Shin Buddhism, speaks at a press conference at Higashi Honganji, the head temple of the Buddhist branch in Kyoto, on April 22, 2015. The Brazilian national expressed his hope to offer multilingual services in addition to those now provided in Japanese and English at the temple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama develops multilingual World Cup emergency software

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Yokohama City Fire Bureau official demonstrates software installed on a computer which can deal with emergencies in nine languages -- English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Italian. The bureau has developed the software ahead of the final match of the upcoming World Cup soccer finals in the city.

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Traditional Tokyo public bathhouse welcomes foreign visitors

TOKYO, Japan - A multilingual ticket machine at Jakotsuyu, a "sento" public bathhouse in Tokyo's Asakusa, is seen on July 28, 2014. The buttons are displayed in English, Chinese and Korean, in addition to Japanese, for the convenience of foreign tourists. (Kyodo)

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2021 AWE Opens in Shanghai

Visitors look at a multilingual virtual host launched by iFlytek at the China Home Appliance and Consumer Electronics Expo in Shanghai, China, March 23, 2021.

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AI-installed guide at JR stations

Photo taken at a concourse of JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2020, shows an AI-installed multilingual panel that acts as a guide for passengers needing transfer information and sightseeing advice. A total of 30 similar panels, able to be used hands-free amid the coronavirus pandemic, were set up at Shinagawa and five other JR stations in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture on a trial basis.

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AI-installed guide at JR stations

Photo taken at a concourse of JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2020, shows an AI-installed multilingual panel that acts as a guide for passengers needing transfer information and sightseeing advice. A total of 30 similar panels, able to be used hands-free amid the coronavirus pandemic, were set up at Shinagawa and five other JR stations in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture on a trial basis.

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AI-installed guide at JR stations

Photo taken at a concourse of JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2020, shows an AI-installed multilingual panel that acts as a guide for passengers needing transfer information and sightseeing advice. A total of 30 similar panels, able to be used hands-free amid the coronavirus pandemic, were set up at Shinagawa and five other JR stations in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture on a trial basis.

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

Photo taken at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019, shows the Pepper multilingual robot developed by Japan's SoftBank Robotics Corp. The robot, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman and her children consult the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman and her child consult the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A man consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A child consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

Photo taken on May 22, 2019, shows the "SEMMI" multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk. The SEMMI and another AI robot "Pepper," introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

Photo taken on May 22, 2019, shows the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hato Bus marks 70th anniversary

Tourists get ready to board a multilingual sightseeing bus known as Hato Bus at a stop in front of JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 10, 2018. The guided bus service, dedicated to Tokyo and its vicinity, marks its 70th anniversary on Aug. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hato Bus marks 70th anniversary

A multilingual sightseeing bus known as Hato Bus runs past JR Tokyo station on Aug. 10, 2018. The guided bus service, dedicated to Tokyo and its vicinity, marks its 70th anniversary on Aug. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual voice translation device

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda(C) speaks using a multilingual voice translation device during a demonstration event in the central Japan city of Gifu on Aug. 12, 2018. The eight-language translation device, developed by Panasonic Corp. and other companies, will be used at a station, a hospital and other places in Gifu and nearby cities from September on a trial basis, with the aim of putting them into practical use before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual voice translation device

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda(R) speaks using a multilingual voice translation device during a demonstration event in the central Japan city of Gifu on Aug. 12, 2018. The eight-language translation device, developed by Panasonic Corp. and other companies, will be used at a station, a hospital and other places in Gifu and nearby cities from September on a trial basis, with the aim of putting them into practical use before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multilingual voice translation device

A multilingual voice translation device is exhibited during a demonstration event in Gifu city on Aug. 12, 2018. The eight-language translation device, developed by Panasonic Corp. and other companies on consignment from the Japanese government, will be used at about 30 places in Gifu and other central Japan cities from September on a trial basis, with the aim of putting them into practical use before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top deck tour at Tokyo Tower

Visitors take part in Tokyo Tower's Top Deck Tour, a new service provided using a multilingual voice guide system, on March 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top deck tour at Tokyo Tower

Visitors observe the view from Tokyo Tower's renewed top deck with a multilingual voice guide system on March 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-pop singer, Kyogen troupe perform at Washington cherry blossom event

Multilingual J-pop singer May J. performs at the opening ceremony of an annual cherry blossom festival in Washington on March 25, 2017. She sang "Let It Go" from the 2013 Disney animation film "Frozen" and other songs in both English and Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake drill held in Tokyo's Shibuya with 4,000 participants

A multilingual message on a large screen near Tokyo's Shibuya Station instructs people in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean to evacuate to Yoyogi Park during an earthquake drill on Feb. 7, 2017. Some 4,000 people took part in the drill to be better prepared for a possible disaster, including evacuation of foreign tourists in the event of an emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo