Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Bhashini Uses AI Translation At UP-Japan Investment Summit
Bhashini is an AI platform that helps people communicate in different languages.
It was used at the UP-Japan Investment Summit 2026.
The summit brought Indian and Japanese investors and officials together.
Bhashini changed spoken words into text and translated them quickly.
It supported Hindi, English and Japanese during the event.
Yogi Adityanath spoke in Hindi, and Japanese delegates could understand his speech in Japanese.
Ashwini Vaishnaw’s English speech was also translated into Japanese.
This helped participants discuss business and investment opportunities more easily.
The technology was intended to make communication smoother between India and Japan.
The AI-powered Bhashini platform provided real-time translation during the UP-Japan Investment Summit 2026.
Hindi, English and Japanese speech-to-text translation helped Indian and Japanese delegates communicate.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Hindi address was translated into Japanese using Bhashini’s Shrutlekh feature.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s English address was also translated into Japanese in real time.
The summit examined investment opportunities in manufacturing, clean energy, semiconductors, innovation, skills and tourism.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh government, Invest UP, Bhashini, Indian participants and Japanese investors and stakeholders; addresses were delivered by Yogi Adityanath and Ashwini Vaishnaw.
- What
- Bhashini provided real-time speech-to-text transcription and translation during the UP-Japan Investment Summit 2026.
- When
- August 24; the article identifies the event as the UP-Japan Investment Summit 2026.
- Where
- At the UP-Japan Investment Summit in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- To reduce language barriers and support communication about investment opportunities between Indian and Japanese participants.
- Platform
- Bhashini, an AI-powered multilingual platform operated by the Digital India Bhashini Division.
- Languages used at summit
- Hindi, English and Japanese.
- Bhashini language support
- 36 Indian written languages, 23 Indian voice languages and 35 international languages.
- Government website support
- More than 800 government websites.
- Daily AI interactions
- More than 2.4 crore AI interactions daily.
- Total AI interactions
- More than 9 billion AI interactions to date.
- Investment sectors discussed
- Manufacturing, clean energy, semiconductors, innovation, skill development and tourism.