Headline, April 06 2025/ A.I. : ''' CHERRY JAPAN CHEERS '''

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''' CHERRY JAPAN CHEERS '''

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A.I. TACKLES A CHERRY BLOSSOM CONUNDRUM. The technology helps predict timing and  colourful blooms - a lure for tourists, parents, students, professors and teachers in Japan and the world.

!WOW! Cherry Blossom season is typically a carefree time of year in Japan when families gather for picnics under blooming trees and friends meet for night time '' flower viewing. ''

For Hiroko Ho, a data scientist and meteorologist who specializes in the high-stakes art of predicting the exact date the trees will bloom, it has always been a time of stress.

Japan's prized cherry blossoms generate an estimated more than $9 billion in tourism and other revenue each year. Airlines, hotels and restaurants depend on the forecasts - not to mention the 123 million Japanese who want to know when to head to gardens for peak bloom.

'' It's a lot of pressure. I feel the weight of history, '' said Mr. Ito, who has worked at the Japan Meteorological Corporation in Osaka, one of the main providers of cherry blossom forecasts, for more than a decade. '' I'm a little frightened of spring. I can't fully enjoy it.''

Now Mr. Ito and other experts are turning to a tool they hope might reduce some of the burden of forecasting : artificial intelligence.

They are using artificial intelligence systems to analyze decades of temperature data, and deliver maps and '' bloom meters '' for trees in more than 1,000 spots, which blossom at different times.

This year, forecasters are crowd-sourcing photos from the public and feeding them into A.I.-powered databases that can track the growth of buds, which form in the summer, stay dormant through the winter, and take anywhere from two to four weeks to blossom after turning green in the spring.

In the past, experts relied on computer analysis of weather patterns and observations of trees to predict the arrival of the '' blossom front,'' on the flowering of the trees - with varying success.

In 2007, forecasters with the official Japan Meteorological Agency were forced to deliver a televised apology after a computer glitch caused the agency to get the forecast wrong for up to nine days.

A.I. systems have brought more efficiency and precision to the process, scientists say, allowing the first predictions to come out a few weeks earlier, in December - three months before the start of the main cherry blossom season.

Shunsuke Arioka, a forecaster at the Weathernews in the city of Chiba, used to rely mostly on basic computer models and formulas for his predictions.

Now his company is also running A.I. analysis on photos submitted by users via the company's app, which has more than 50 million downloads.

On a recent weekend, Weathernews received more than 8,000 images, which were sorted by A.I. systems into seven stages of bloom.

'' It saves a lot of time,'' he said. '' We are dealing with data from millions of people, and A.I. can help sort them instantly.''

Much is at stake. Millions of foreign and domestic tourists plan trips based on the bloom schedule.  Towns organize festivals around peak seasons. Restaurants prepare sakura-themed menus.

Residents plan flower-viewing parties based on the predictions, sometimes lining up at parks overnight.

Mr. Ito said he was hopeful about artificial intelligence - though he said humans would always play a role in predicting blooms.

'' I can't quite relax yet,'' he said. '' But maybe in a few years, when the A.I. data is proved to be reliable, I'll be able to feel more at ease.''

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