Sound Ledger: Japanese Noise, Voice AI

466,000,000: Amount paid, in $US, by the Japanese government to its citizens suffering from noise pollution due to proximity to US military bases

75: Percentage of that amount due to be paid by the US government (there is reportedly no evidence such payment has been made)

180: Percentage that the shares of the publicly traded voice AI company SoundHound have risen in 2024

Sources: Noise: scmp.com. Shares: fool.com.