In Minato Ward, Tokyo, the number of languages supported on the website has been expanded from the previous four to 108 in order to make it easier for foreigners living in the ward to understand information on administrative services such as vaccination and child-rearing support in their native language. Did.
About 17,000 foreigners from about 130 countries live in Minato Ward, Tokyo, and when the ward conducted a questionnaire last year on how to obtain information on the ward, it can be obtained from the ward's homepage, etc. It means that there were many voices.
For this reason, the ward has strengthened the support on the ward's homepage so that information on administrative services such as vaccination reservations, child-rearing support, and garbage separation collection can be grasped in the native language.
Specifically, by utilizing the latest AI translation function from four languages, Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean, it has become possible to display in 108 languages such as Ukrainian and Arabic. rice field.
In addition, the language information set on smartphones and personal computers is automatically identified and displayed on the homepage.
Minato Ward says, "We are now able to cover most of the native languages of foreigners living in the ward. We want many people to use it because it has become easier to access information about the ward."