Japan Wut 98 "Bug Booze!"

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… Matt and DJO discuss bug booze, digital transformation in Japan, and a crazy gaijin rampaging in a Police Station in Japan.

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Show Notes for Ep 98

NEW PRODUCT

Japan’s popular Moonlight brand begins selling broken cookies

EAT THE BUGS

Sake brewing with cricket yeast 

ECONOMY

FOCUS: Yen fall may prove a debilitating blow to Japan, spotlights BOJ

Cosmo investors OK 'poison pill' to prevent takeover

Japan state-backed fund to buy JSR to enhance chip supply chain

Cosmo wins unconventional vote on 'poison pill' against activist

WAR

US to make India into naval logistics hub for Indo-Pac region

Italy brings new warship to Japan during Indo-Pacific tour

Japan deems export of lethal defense equipment feasible: source

TECH

World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan

LGBTQ

http://dragqueenstoryhour.tokyo/ 

Drag queens read picture books to children in Tokyo [interview]

SGOTW

Researcher at Japan institute denies leaking secrets to Chinese firm

A police officer told a woman, who was berating them in a foreign language, "Go back to China."

It has been revealed that a female police officer at the Higashi Police Station of Fukuoka Prefectural Police made a remark telling a foreign-looking woman, who was suspected of tearing up someone else's lost property report, to "go back to China."

According to the Higashi Police Station, on the afternoon of the 15th, a woman of foreign nationality, believed to be involved, visited the station's counter, stating that she had lost her passport at her home.

When the staff member who handled the case urged her to search her home again, the woman, who had been speaking in Japanese until then, became angry and began berating the staff member in a foreign language. It is reported that she also tore up a lost property report belonging to someone nearby.

Subsequently, a female police officer from another department intervened to mediate the situation, but the argument escalated, and without confirming the woman's nationality, she made the remark, "Go back to China."

The female police officer has expressed remorse, stating that she "became a little emotional." However, the police intend to investigate the incident, including the suspicion of obstructing official duties, regarding the foreign-looking woman who is believed to have torn up the lost property report.

EAT THE BUGS

Sake brewing with cricket yeast 

Japan in Japan

Japan Hopes to Have Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operational by FY24

Japan and the World

G7 ministers meet in Japan to discuss women's empowerment post-COVID

Keidanren to set up committee to help Ukraine with rebuilding

Alleged Tech Leak to China 'Just the Tip of the Iceberg'

SOCIETY 5.0

IMF Announces Single Global Digital Currency in Push to Eliminate Cash

My Number ID system faces further setback with erroneous deliveries

Osaka Expo Announces Theme Weeks with SDGs Focus

COVID

Dr Vanessa Kerry appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health

CHINA

In Argentina, US dollars are so scarce that yuan use is at record high

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Japan Wut 97 "Eye Care, I Care"

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… Matt discusses Wagyu Beef vending machines, potential phony Chinese car sales, and helpful advances in AI and drone technology being developed in Japan.

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Show Notes for Ep. 97

• Wagyu beef vending machine hits the spot in west Japan

• Toyota shareholders reject climate resolution in win for automaker

• China is Throwing Away Fields of Electric Cars - Letting them Rot!

• China Steps Up Game With First "Floating Oil Factory"

• Japan exports grow unexpectedly on solid car sales, global demand still uneven

• Why Taiwan Should Be Included in the US Nuclear Umbrella

• From Follower to Leader: Japan’s Emergence as a Fully-Fledged Regional Security Actor

• WSJ News Exclusive | Japan in Talks to Provide Artillery Shells to U.S. to Boost Stocks for Ukraine

• Japan hopes to shore up Philippines' defence amid Taiwan conflict fears

• Japan-made semiconductors skirt sanctions to enter Russia

• Japan enacts watered-down LGBT understanding law

• Cricket Eating Company

• Fukushima nuclear plant begins tests of wastewater release plan; fishing officials remain opposed

• Companies in Japan opting for select offices to work in English  | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• Kishida cabinet support rate dives to 40.8% from 47%: poll

• Japan Firms Jumping on Generative AI Bandwagon

• SOE 2023: AI in Eye Care in Japan: Facing the Emerging Challenges

• Japan Industrial Robotics Industry to Grow at a CAGR 45.5% from 2022 to 2027

• New International Standard for Drone Traffic Management Systems

• Successful Drone Test Shows Potential in Disaster Prevention and Response

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Japan Wut 96 "AI Lingerie"

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… Matt discusses Japanese AI Lingerie fails, a WEF Report on Women’s Brains in Japan, and how super-technical Japan is full of bellyflops when it comes to paperless infrastructure.

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Links Related to Show 96

• Japan’s “just-born” AI-generated swimsuit/lingerie model’s career/existence is officially over

• Japan's wholesale prices up 5.1% in May; slowest rise in 2 years

• Japan faces headwinds in drawing foreign workers despite visa change

• U.S., Taiwan, Japan drone fleets to share real-time data: report

• Subscribe to read | Financial Times

• Hanwha Ocean Unveils Combat XLUUV

• Quad needs more muscle to live up to potential: think tank

• Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile

• Okinawa police arrest US sailor, Marine on suspicion of trespassing on balconies

• Stress due to gender issues affecting size of women’s brains

• World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan

• Individual shown wrong person's pension info on Japan's 'My Number' portal site (CHECK PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL HEADLINES)

• Japan making efforts to bridge digital divide between young, elderly

• Toyota puts liquid hydrogen-powered car into 24-hour race

• Where’s the Demand for the Chinese Yuan?

• Toyota puts liquid hydrogen-powered car into 24-hour race

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Japan Wut 95 "Air Conditioner Feminists"

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… Matt discusses North Korea joining the WHO, why air conditioners are important for executive equity, more edible bug startups, and how Japanese researchers use AI to find geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines.

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Show 95 Notes

• SpotCam launches new cloud pet camera

• Seoul voices ‘deep regret’ over North Korea’s election to WHO executive board

• Japan to invest 15 tril. yen in hydrogen supply for decarbonization

• Japan FY2022 tax revenue likely hit record; may reach ¥70 tril

• Japan seeks over 30% of female executives in key firms by 2030

• Nikkei jumps to 33-year high on US stock surge, robust jobs data

• Indonesia hosts great-power rivals China, US in rare joint naval exercises

• Japan, South Korea to speed up talks over pending military issues

• Japan to consider allowing tattooed youths to join SDF

• Japan, U.S., Australia, Philippines vow to boost defense cooperation

• Report: U.S. Navy Might Use Japanese Repair Yards for U.S. Warships

• "food tech" using a jelly-like material called "Ninja Paste"

• AI tools threaten to upend ad industry

• Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn't Apply To AI Training

• Fukushima Pref. Develops AI-Based Early Beef Evaluation System

• Japan university, IBM discover 4 additional Nazca Lines figures using AI

• 13% of students in Japan prone to depression due to pandemic: study

• Japanese get trained in smiles as masks slowly come off

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Japan Wut 94 "Gaijin Yakitori"

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… Matt offers advice on gift giving for adults with kids, breaks down the AI industry of investing billions for dumb consumer products loaded with surveillance tech, and discusses a Japanese Parliamentarian who wants to know if his spiraling health condition has anything to do with being triple jabbed.

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Articles for Ep. 94

• What If AI Is Only A Cost And Not A Profit Bonanza?

• My Number Card points sent to wrong recipients in 113 cases | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• Japan to enforce crypto anti-money laundering steps from June

• Japan AI startup launches robot for home use

• Japan's flu season yet to end due to low immunity, end of COVID rules

• NHK president apologizes over 'inappropriate' broadcast on Japan's post-vaccine deaths

• Japan's NHK apologizes over how suspected COVID vaccine deaths were reported

• Seven & i president reappointed in proxy fight against U.S. activist fund

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Photos Related to Ep. 94

Photos: 1 and 2. New robot in Japan; 3. Japanese politician worried about health and vaccines; 4 and 5. Train-shaped cutlery; 6 and 7. Cocktail designed to not watch smartphone.

Japan Wut 93 "Group of Losers"

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… Matt breaks down the news, positive AI writing, and how the G7 is plagued with losers instead of leaders, while Central Asia seems to be getting their acts together.
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Show Notes for Ep. 93

• WAVLAKE (Bitcoin Music Streaming Service)

• Insect Vending Machine

• Japan’s weirdest gadget maker has a new fan just to dry off your legs

• New Technology Uses Point Cloud Data to Reproduce Roads and Public Structures in Virtual Space

• Japanese A-bomb survivors worry Zelenskyy's G7 visit overshadows nuclear disarmament message

• JAPAN: Rape Crisis Center Denied Funding After Founder Denounced as ‘Transphobic’

• 2 arrested at salon for not having licenses as hairdressers (SGOTW)

• Xi Hosts Historic China-Central Asia Summit

• Tokyu Kabukicho Tower backtracks on its gender-neutral toilets, rejigging them to appease public

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Photos Related to Ep. 93

PHOTOS

1. 2. Japanese Bug Vending Machine; 3. Ukrainian Leader Zelenskyy in Hiroshima; 4. Chinese Leader and Kazakh Leader at Summit; 5. Illegal Maybe Hairdresser in Japan; 6-7. AI/Digital Twin visualizations; 9. Strange Leg Dryer

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Japan Wut 92 "Blackhole Rainbows"

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… Matt talks about convenience stores offering beer on tap, foreign recruits in Japan’s Marine Self Defense Forces, The US Ambassador to Japan’s recent foray into LGBTQ politics in Japan, and some words on Chinese Secret Police Stations in Japan.

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Ep 92 Show Notes

• The Japanese convenience store where you can drink beer on tap

• Japan and South Korea to link radar systems via U.S. to track North's missiles, report says

• Serious crew shortage on MSDF vessels Temporary proposal to recruit foreigners

• German Navy Announces New Pacific Deployments as Global Navy Chiefs Call for More Pacific Cooperation 

• Taiwan Will Defend TSMC From US Bombing in the Event of a China War

• American Trans Activist Sues Japanese Government To Recognize Self-Declared Gender Identity, "Lesbian" Marriage

• [Speaking Out] Expose China's Insidious Secret Police Stations in Japan

• Self-driving test of Shinkansen proves successful for JR Tokai | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• Kishida can’t believe his ears at the sound of him speaking

• Japan's mega solar power projects stalling despite push for renewable energy

• ANA’s net zero project will go wheels up in May from Hiroshima 

• 7,300 health insurance entries erroneously linked to "My Number" IDs

• Syphilis upward trend continues across Japan after recent record numbers

• Japanese people urged to travel abroad to help airlines, tourism industry

• Global EV sales to jump 35% to record 14 million units in 2023: IEA

• Japan's FY2022 current account surplus down 54%

• 31 Japan hotels certified as climate-friendly SDG locations

• Foreign Truck Drivers

Photos Related to Show 92

Photos: 1. Automated Bullet Train Test; 2. Syphilis Charts; 3. My Number Card Sample

Japan Wut 91 "The AI Likes Me"

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… Matt talks about raising kids in challenging times, why AI companies keep showing us crap (see photos) and not the good stuff, and some reasons why NATO is opening up an office in Japan.

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Links For Show 91

• Learn the anatomy of a ramen bowl with new 25-piece 3-D Shoyu Ramen puzzle

• China urges 'high vigilance' over NATO expansion in Asia

• Vietnam seeks safer maritime security partnerships

• Is Japan’s military fit for purpose?

• First of its Kind Submarine Visit Forges Relationship

• Japan Is in Dire Need of a Nuclear Strategy

• Editorial: Remembering the importance of children's voices in line with new Japan law

• 45% of young people in Japan have suicidal thoughts: survey

• FEATURE: Japan firms creating cutting-edge tech to make Society 5.0 a reality

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Photos Related To Show 91

Photos: 1) An AI TeleScreen Bot; 2) An automated port in China, 3) WEF, G7, and METI meeting in Japan; 4) Ramen Puzzle; 5) Ramen Puzzle; 6) Kids Fashion in Machida; 7) The Romance Car Excellent Express

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Video of AI that supposedly crosses the Uncanny Valley (note: it does not)

Japan Wut 90 "Idiot Regulators"

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… Matt talks about strange influences on the G7’s AI initiatives, new ramen accessories, a train pervert and how lollygagging is probably not the best strategy amid the recent escalations of conflict.

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Show Notes for JW90

• Japan to lift most COVID-19 border controls from Saturday

• Japanese biomass venture using microorganisms to tackle waste disposal

• G7 agree to pursue 'responsible AI' amid rapid spread of ChatGPT use

• TARO KONO ROBOT

• NTT group, Hanshin Expressway study new traffic management using digital technology

• 48 Japanese return to Tokyo after evacuating from Sudan

• Japan's new 5-year ocean policy calls for tougher maritime security

• U.S. COVID adviser Fauci among Japan's spring decorations recipients

• Clever Cup Noodle-only measuring cup becomes instant ramen lovers’ new most-wanted kitchenware

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PHOTOS RELATED TO SHOW 90

1. Taro Kono “AI ROBOT”, 2-3) Cup Noodle Measuring Cup; 4) Digital Twin Highways Strategy; 5) Startup Tech

Japan WUT 89 "Government GPT"

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… Matt discusses new guidelines that will allow more self-driving trucks and drone deliveries in Japan, how CHAT GPT is making inroads in the Japanese government, and an alleged spy of Chinese origin operating super deep in one of Japan’s security agencies. Frequency expert DJO also files a report on the science behind frequencies and the nature of communication.

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SHOW LINKS/NOTES

• Japan’s new tiny ninja capsule toy collection turns your desk into a secret hideout

• Same-sex Wedding held a Japanese religious site

• Japan's Self-Defense Forces miss recruiting target by more than half

• China has spy in Japan intelligence agency, ex-detainee suggests in book

• Lowering the psychological hurdle of insect food... Especially important for children's food.

• Blueprint drafted to set routes for autonomous trucks, drones

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PHOTOS RELATED TO SHOW

1. Japanese book that contains info about an alleged spy in a Japanese security agency, 2. A same-sex marriage ceremony held in Saitama, 3 & 4. Ninja Desk Products

Japan WUT 88 "Suitcase Shield"

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… Matt discusses a Makita portable microwave, that perhaps the anti-Covid measures have pushed certain men toward extremism, with the attempted assassination of JPM Kishida as well as the uptick in disenfranchised youth mucking about in public restaurants. Other topics include AI surveillance, medicine delivered by drone in Japan’s remote areas and the Bank of Japan’s march toward its Central Bank Digital Currency.

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Show Notes:

• Japan to launch new visa track for skilled foreigners

• G7 foreign ministers agree on unity over China as talks begin in Japan

• China auto show highlights intense electric car competition

• QR codes become a game: Denso launches free online game

• Portable handheld microwave shoots to the top of our cooking gadget wish list

• Warren Buffett leads global investors into 'cheap' Japan

• Suspect’s home searched; bag seized at site of Kishida attack | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• OpenAI CEO considers opening office in Japan | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

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Photos related to show

1. DJ running for politics in Japan; 2) and 3) Makita Portable Microwave, 4) Extra info on JPM Kishida’s alleged assassin

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Japan WUT 87 "Inheritors of the Phoenix"

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… Matt discusses dumb dumb Pikachu stamps for creepy millenial office workers, think tanker and CIA connected Elbridge Colby's article about Japan and Taiwan in the Nikkei Shimbum, and genetically manipulated radioactive-proof Chinese soldiers (it's NEW!).

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Show Notes

• Spruce up your office with Pikachu date stamps

• Elbridge Colby (Twitter)

• China's military buildup shows its ambitions go well beyond Taiwan

• Phoenix Program

• "Unprecedented" Chinese Genetic Experiment May Lead To Army Of Radiation-Resistant Super Soldiers

• NTT and NEC collaborate to promote a decarbonized society

• Japan had weak basis for ordering 882 mil. COVID vaccine doses: audit

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Japan WUT? 86 "Acrylic Screens of Fear"

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… Matt discusses a dumb new sleep aid for lonely folk, explains how to use CHAT GPT to help with established translation practices, more bug-eating weirdos, and DJO sends in a segment about how recording frequencies have changed to suit market (and other) needs.

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Show Links:

• Have a good night’s sleep with Goospy

• ASEAN nations meet, discuss dumping US Dollar, Euro for trade

• Yuan tops euro as Brazil's second currency in foreign reserves

• Foreign Residents in Japan Hit Record 3 M. at End of 2022

• Silkworm pupa "kaiko dumplings" created by Izumigaoka High School students

• Bear meat vending machine proves popular in north Japan city

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Photos related to the show

Photos: 1) Goospy Sleep Aid Product; 2) Bug Eaters; 3) Economic Data; 4) Economic Data; 5) Cover for “AI Super-Powers” by Kai Fu Lee; 6) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 7) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 8) Alleged criminal flips the bird; 9) Bear Meat Vending Machine; 10) Bear Meat Vending Machine [check photos for credits where available]

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CHAT GPT SONNET

The translations done, a sloppy disgrace

My eyes ablaze, I fumed with anger and hate

I tore apart the words, the grammar, the pace

And fixed the errors, with a rage that can't abate

I swapped "individual judgment" with "damn personal"

And "many people said" to "the crowd voiced loud"

No more damn vagueness, now sharp as a chisel

I made it crystal, with no chance to be bowed

"Silent food" now screams "eating without a word"

And "acrylic board" as "plastic screen of fear"

I've made these damn changes with a sense of revolt

For translations that lack sense, I shed no tear

No more damn slipshod work to be ever seen

With my fixes, I feel like a goddamn queen.

Japan WUT? 85 "Don't Worry, Panic Panic Panic"

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… Matt discusses a digital product/service for Beyond Millenialism, a new Stupid Gaijin of the Week, delves into some of the worldwide details about a possible upcoming banking crisis and how it might affect those of us in Japan as well as a comparison between Japanese PM Kishida meeting UKrainian PM Zelenskyy vs Putin and Xi’s summit. Strap in. Lots to unpack.

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Transcript

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• Show Links:

• Giant signs at Tokyo stations show Hololive talent and human fans

• SGOTW

• Porno Politician

• Junior high school on remote Japan island holds graduation ceremony for only student

• Trilateral Commission: NWO Year 1

Poem for the Trilateral Commission by Nikkei Staff:
"In secret meetings, you plan and conspire,

To create a new order, of which you aspire.

Your goals are unclear, but some see the end,

As a world government, with you as its friend."

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Photos Related to this Episode

Photos: 1) Porno Politician 2) Xi and Putin 3) JPM Kishida and Zelenskyy 4) AI Spinach (Nikkei) 5) Beyond Millenial VTB ad at Shibuya Sta.

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Bajalis on Twitter

Just as in 2008, the bankers lied.

This time, the central bankers, the banks, and the bank regulators have lied to all dollar holders and depositors.

This isn't your typical fractional reserve situation. The problem is that there isn't enough in the https://t.co/0r66c51uGq… pic.twitter.com/5nnxaoW9db

— Balaji (@balajis) March 17, 2023

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Kenya Leader Talks about Dollars and Oil

Japan WUT? 84 "Unmasked Unvaxxed"

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… Matt discusses how Pandemic Sakura Cherry Blossoms were better, Laser Weapons in association with Japan’s Weapons Show, and a QAnon-related anti-edible-cricket protest in Tokyo.

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Show Links

• Panasonic develops a “weak robot” that farts (YouTube Video)

• Japan and South Korea ties warm

• Defence and Security Equipment International

• Edible Drone

• The SVB bankruptcy hits Japanese banks harder than Chinese ones

• Raytheon’s High Energy Laser Platform

Phtos Related to Show

Photo 1: Farting Robot / 2: Laser Weapon Platform / 3: Laser Platform Specs / 4-6: QAnon-related protest against eating crickets / 7: Edible Drone / 8: Japan and Korea Leaders Drink Beer

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Tweets about QAnon types protesting cricket-eating

保守系団体による反コオロギデモの集合が始まりました。「コオロギ生産より大豆を植えろ、牛乳が廃棄されているのはおかしい！」と主張。 pic.twitter.com/WqIFyGyvNL

— 雨宮純 (@caffelover) March 19, 2023

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Video Promotion of Raytheon Weapons Platform

Japan WUT? 83 "Overton Pushers"

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… Matt discusses Japanese astronauts on Space-X rockets, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, silkworm sashimi, a Japanese UFO town and intelligence officers who work in think tanks that try to get other countries to edge in favor of the American War Machine.

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Show Links:

• Masks Off Stay On

• Old Lions die of COVID (prolly BS)

• Brazilian reported for alleged marijuana trafficking in Japan used porch lights as signals

• The Marathon Initiative

• FENDER FLAGSHIP Store to Open in Harajuku

• Hopping mad: Japan's edible bug industry takes giant leap forward 

• Bugs for Fish

• UFO Town

Photos Related to Show 83

Japan WUT? 82 "Dead Happy Science"

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… Matt discusses: a poll that says most Japanese plan on wearing a mask forever; despite higher Chinese wages putting off Japanese conglomerates, Chinese exports have been soaring since 2019, and; delves into some of the writings and teachings of the recently deceased leader of the Happy Science religion and political movement.

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Show Links:

• RADIO GPT

• Bathe in poop with bath bomb

• Keep on driving, article urges seniors

• Yomiuri Mask Poll

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Images related to the podcast (Conflate where thy must)

Old COVID crap for our health

Japan WUT? 81 "The 9 Solfeggio Frequencies"

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… Matt and DJO discuss the 9 Solfeggio Frequencies.

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Japan WUT? 80 "Yes And Money"

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… Matt discusses the Bank of Japan’s plan to test trial a Central Bank Digital Currency, Japan’s part in the push for war in the Taiwan Strait and some pushback on the push to force bugs into the diet of the Japanese people.

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Show Links:

• Bank of Japan CBDC Trial

• Learn about taxes from a talking piece of poop with the Unko Tax Drill textbook

• China and Japan square off over arms and balloons at security talks

• Tabletop War Exercise in Taiwan Strait (Japan involved)

• Japan accepted over 2,300 Ukrainians last year. Is its refugee policy finally changing?

• You will (not) eat the bugs

Photo Content related to show

Tweet thread for further insight into the Taiwan Situation

Some personal news: I’ve been quiet quitting this platform, but am going on private tomorrow. Thursday was my last day with @ACGlobalChina and I’ll be starting a new position at the U.S. Department of State.

1/

— Jessica Drun 莊宛樺 (@jessicadrun) February 27, 2023

I’m old enough to remember this was a racist conspiracy theory

NO SHIT!

Japan WUT? 79 "Witch Houses"

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… Matt discusses how the recent “spy balloons” are leading to possible amped up Japanese defense measures, the spread of cricket powder consumption in Japan in the guise of culture, and rise of “Witch Houses” throughout the Land of the Rising Sun.

Show Notes

1. Japan to clear way for SDF to shoot down encroaching balloons (Nikkei)

2. Japan and Taiwan should share intel on China balloon threat (Japan Times)

3. Japan’s ‘witch houses’ a sign of a rapidly shrinking population (The Times, archived)

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Cricket Powder Use in Japan has been UP

Crickets and UFO Confessions

An NHK news video about elementary school kids in Nagano learning about the nutritional value of crickets. They mixed some cricket powder into pancake batter and made some cricket pancakes, noting that the pancakes tasted just like normal pancakes. pic.twitter.com/b4g2NpwoLw

— Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 (@mrjeffu) February 16, 2023

Pilot Chris Van Voorhis, shares one of his UFO encounters while flying for Japan Airlines in 2005.

- 3 large disks
- Flying in a triangle formation
- Witnessed by multiple pilots in 2 planes
- Instantaneous acceleration
- Didn't report it #ufotwitter #uaptwitter #UFOS #UFO pic.twitter.com/gxnLn7PdlX

— Mike Colangelo (@MikeColangelo) February 14, 2023