Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA by AI Policy Officials from the Global South

TOKYO, April 15 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:

On March 18, commencing at 10:50 a.m. for approximately 40 minutes, Mr. SHIMADA Tomoaki, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, received a courtesy call from AI policy officials from the Global South countries (Brazil, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam), who are visiting Japan under a Ministry of Foreign Affairs invitation program. The overview of the meeting is as follows:

At the outset, Parliamentary Vice-Minister SHIMADA welcomed the their visit and emphasized that the importance of cooperation with the Global South in the field of AI is increasing. He expressed his intention to strengthen cooperativ...