A £3.5 million UK-Japan research project will transform sign language AI by ensuring training is on real conversations ...

Japan is gettings its first Starbucks “signing store.” The new coffee shop will open in Tokyo with 25 staff members, 19 of whom are deaf and hard of hearing. This will be Starbucks’ fifth signing ...

TOKYO - A Tokyo school for the deaf stands out not just because it has sent five graduates to represent Japan at the Deaflympics in Tokyo, but also for its educational philosophy that places ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven't evolved as quickly as ...

Its hands are a tad too rubbery and you won’t mistake it for a human, but an android from Toshiba can effectively mimic a sign language interpreter. Shown off at the Ceatec 2014 tech fair outside ...

With Japan set to host the Deaflympics for the first time next month, the head of the games has expressed hopes for greater sign language use in the country, saying it is at a “turning point” for ...

Children are pictured at Meisei Gakuen, a school for the deaf in Tokyo, in October 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Tokyo school for the deaf stands out not just because it has sent five graduates to ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...