Concerns Raised Over Politicians' Digital Skills

It seems that Itsunori Onodera, the Policy Research Council Chairman, raised an issue in the House of Representatives Budget Committee. He said, "When I asked DeepSeek whether the Senkaku Islands are Japanese territory, it incorrectly responded that they are China's inherent territory."

小野寺政調会長は「既にアプリをダウンロードしてしまった方に協力をいただいて、 試しに『尖閣は日本の領土か』と聞いてみたところ、 ディープシークは『尖閣は中国固有の領土』と事実と違う答えが返ってきた」と述べ、 チャットGPTは「国際法上日本の領有権は確立し、日本の領土」と回答があったことを紹介しました。

That's completely predictable. Even if you don't use DeepSeek, searching on Chinese search engines will give you the same result. His lack of digital literacy is tragic.