{
  "id": 17763593,
  "title": "Digital Agency offers AI app to help draft parliamentary answers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/digital-agency-offers-ai-app-to-help-draft-parliamentary-answers",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/11/02/japan/ai-parliamentary-answers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Digital Agency in Japan is piloting an artificial intelligence application designed to assist lawmakers with drafting parliamentary responses. This app, powered by the agency's Gennai generative AI platform, is accessible to approximately 180,000 government employees.\n\nThe digital tool not only aids in answering questions posed by lawmakers but also helps government officials comprehend the underlying intent behind those queries. During the current Diet session, the effectiveness of the app will be assessed, with the intention to implement it full-scale from the next regular Diet session in the following year.\n\nUpon receiving a legislature's question, the AI organizes its key aspects and generates multiple draft answers within minutes, utilizing historical government responses and minutes of Diet deliberations. The app also features adjustable writing styles, including a mode for policy explanations and another for reflecting political considerations. Government officials can modify these draft responses directly. Furthermore, the app can anticipate potential follow-up questions from lawmakers.\n\nThe Digital Agency stressed that while this AI tool can expedite work and enhance the quality of answers, decision-making authority remains with the officials. Digital Transformation Minister Toshiharu Furukawa highlighted the benefits of improved efficiency and deeper deliberations in Diet sessions, inviting feedback from his fellow ministers.",
  "summary": "The artificial intelligence app also helps government officials better understand the intent behind lawmakers' questions in advance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}