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.

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— 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

Japan WUT? Podcast 78 “MATRIX LASERS”

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… Matt discusses Japanese researchers responses to the alleged Chinese lasers that recently scanned Hawaii, a QAnon protest in Shinjuku, and what did slain ex-PM Shinzo Abe say in his posthumously released book about US President Donald Trump as they rode in The Beast together through the streets of Roppongi. For photos and additional content, go to the Official Website.

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QANON POSTER FOR JAPAN PROTEST

QAnon Poster with English translation for a protest in Shinjuku

Show Links:

1. Manga meat can be yours to eat in the real world with Manga Meat Bone kitchenware

2. Blazing Green Lasers Spotted Over Hawaii; Japan Blames Chinese Satellite For The ‘The Matrix Code’

3. Japan to extend life on nuclear power

4. Chinese woman's 'purchase' of uninhabited Okinawa island causes stir online

5. Number of foreign workers in Japan hits record high

6. Japan gives nod to going maskless on trains starting March 13

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WRAP YOUR MEAT AROUND THIS BONE (BY PR TIMES)

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POLL ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER SUPPORT IN JAPAN

I as well have become a supporter of Nuclear energy

Japan WUT? 77 "Peak Millenialism"

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… Matt and DJO discuss peak millenialism, Japan’s history of balloon weaponry and its current use of balloons in the telecom industry, and how eggs might help in the fight against COVID — except the eggs are disappearing and potentially being replaced with ungodly insect protein.

Show Links:

• Never oversleep again under stern supervision of Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion

• Japan probing links between Chinese balloon, past flying object

• Heat shock kills 3 Koreans during recent visits to Japan’s hot springs

• Japan Institute of International Affairs “Strategic Annual Report 2022”

• WEF 15-Minute Cities / Toyota Woven City Updates

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Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion (Peak Millennialiism?)

Right: The Japan Institute of International Affairs cover page for “Strategic Annual Report 2022”

Excerpt: Security and defense

The Air SDF will be renamed the Aerospace SDF to step up space utilization. The SDF as a whole will be empowered to take on cyber defense, and active cyber defense will be introduced to penetrate suspicious access sources in order to prevent attacks. … These circumstances require a revision of the law to enable active defense while ensuring the secrecy of communications as stipulated in Article 21 of the Constitution.

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Right: Such Balloons can be used to find people stuck under an avalanche (or could another company use them for hacking?)

Right: The weaponization of balloons. The world’s top aviation experts and a culture of origami.

Right: Taken from https://douglasdietrich.com/ — an illustration of a weaponized balloon platform that can also house fighter craft as part of its payload (WWII / Battle of Los Angeles)

Right: Screenshot of a company promoting hi-tech use cases of stratospheric balloons

Japan WUT? 76 "Japanese NATO"

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… Matt discusses Japanese wearable beanbag chairs, whale meat vending machines, how AI can stop problematic sushi customers, and the NATO chief’s visit to Japan for some reason. For additional content, photos and videos, go to matthewpmbigelow.com.

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1. Whale Meat Vending Machine

2. Bean Bag Chair

3. SPERM Donators

4. AI Laser Bug Zapper

Sushi Terrorist Successfully Went Viral

【悲報】回転寿司炎上界隈に新たな挑戦者あらわる
今度はスシローで醤油さしや湯飲みをベロベロ舐めまくり＆回る寿司にも唾タッチ pic.twitter.com/RMUk3caZQE

— 滝沢ガレソ🪚 (@takigare3) January 29, 2023

AI Laser Bug Zapper

Whale Meat Vending Machine

Wearable Bean Bag Chair

How to Wear Wearable Bean Bag Chair

Excess Deaths Comparison in Japan

Excess deaths in Japan from 2021.10 to 2022.10 (https://exdeaths-japan.org/en/graph/numberof)

Excess deaths from 2017.01 to 2018.01

Japan WUT? 75 "Cricket Croquette"

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… Matt discusses self-driving cars in Japan, Stupid Gaijins of the Week, Marijuana Legalization in Japan, and cricket croquettes in a Japanese school.

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1. Cricket Croquettes in Japan School

2. Legal Japanese Weed

3. Japan’s Population Collapse

4. Self Driving Cars

5. Ex-PM speaks out on Ukraine War

Below: CSIS YouTube Video and PDF on Taiwan wargaming

seems like older LIDAR equipment sucking in data for who knows what. . .

Below: Fried Meat (yakiniku) hair clips, with optional veggies

Credit: PR TIMES

CREDIT: PR TIMES

Japan WUT? 74 "AI In Our Hands"

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… Matt and DJO discuss Japanese Ramen Sneakers (photos here), more nonsense from the World Economic Forum and Japan’s limited presence there, being unmasked in a masked-up world, Japanese and US hypocrisy when it comes to China, and some COVID rants.

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Show Links::

1. Dead Whale

2. Demise of the Dolllar? (Nikkei)

3. Agritech / AI

Dead whale being hauled off in Osaka before potentially being refined into sushi

Converse Ramen Sneakers 1

Converse Ramen Sneakers 2

Converse Ramen Sneakers 3

Japan WUT? 73 "You're Right!"

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… Matt talks about the new normal drinking culture in Japan, ramen popcorn, Japan’s ongoing COVID issues, and does a look-see at the Japanese attendees for this year’s World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset.”

Links:

Ramen Popcorn

Free Money to Go Away from Tokyo

Foreign Crime Updates (SGOTW)

Japan WUT? 72 "Who the WEF are you?"

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… Matt and DJO discuss insane nuclear predictions for Japan in 2023, the myth about ivermectin in Japan, and the many Japanese politicians, corporations and institutions deeply involved in the World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset”.

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SHOW LINKS

1. WEF and Japan

2. Nikkei article on how Ukraine war shook Asia

The following image is a list of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

List of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

JAPAN WUT 71 "CBDCs and Stupidity"

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… Matt and DJO discuss Japan’s plans to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency, and how it’s generally a bad idea. To better understand how everyone went nuts over the COVID, DJO brings up Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German elite who wrote about the philosophy of stupidity. Get your boosters!

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1. Japan CBDC
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupdity” (YouTube)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupidity”

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY

THE WEF LOVES YOU!

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Japan WUT? 70 "Saddle Up" w/ Jeff aka DJO

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… Matt and DJO talk about the post-Covid-era, DJO’s experiences working at daily newspapers in Japan for decades, and the Trilateral Commission opening its doors to the Nikkei News — a rare move allowing the super-non rich to spread the wishes of the world’s most powerful elites.

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“May you live in interesting times.”

— Everyone’s crazy Uncle

Nikkei Article: Trilateral Commission

69 "From Taiwan with Love"

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… Matt and OneTwenty talk about music for the studio vs music for the live performance, weird seasonal Japanese products, and take a call from a Taiwanese guy who customizes gaming consoles.

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67 "Armpit of Asia"

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… Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan party life inching back, tourism making a comeback, corporate mentorship making a mark, prices making an impact, and the government trying to make a mark of us all with their sudden involvement in the NFT mystery economy.

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Japan WUT? 65 - Fuad of Kyoto Protocol - Music n Money $$$

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Fuad Alhabshi, frontman of the band Kyoto Protocol, calls in from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, to talk about making music in a post-COVID world.

He’s also an economist, and we talk about the ins and outs of Asian business culture — where it’s good, and what desperately needs to improve for future generations inheriting a very messy pickle.

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64 - Day Drinking War Talk w/ Max von Schuler-Kobayashi

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Military historian, ex-Marine, former double-agent and author Max von Schuler-Kobayashi day drinks with Matt in Asagaya. We talk about the Ukraine war and how its ripple effects will affect Japan. It also appears the Japanese conservative movement knows jack-shit about the reality of geo-politics post 1991. Max, a staunch Japanese conservative, explains why.

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63 - MR. CHEESE / CHORNO

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… Okinawa Craft Cheese maker John Davis of Okicheese.com calls in from the Island to talk about turning Japan’s Cheese Desert into a Cheese Paradise. You will want to click that link and look at his range of craft cheeses. English here.

Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan going back to normal again, how COVID and Ukraine are never mentioned together, techno flash mobs, camera tip of the week and the Stupid Gaijin of the Week makes a surprising return.

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Japan WUT? 62 - Rory Wilmer "Social Media and the 7 Deadly Sins"

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Matt and Rory Wilmer (https://rorywilmer.com/) discuss his new book about how social media has taken a dark turn with some light-hearted rabbit holes.

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Japan WUT? 61 - Too Many 2s

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Matt and OneTwenty discuss the return of White Women, QR Code Restaurants, Camera Tip of the Week, and drop some music tracks, yo.

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Japan WUT? 60 "FROM SCRATCH"

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Matt and OneTwenty discuss making music from scratch, NFT values, a camera tip of the week, Ageha — the biggest club in Japan closing — and how all of the COVID signage is beginning to look like those aging SALE signs in shops that nobody goes into where everything has been 25% off for years.

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Japan WUT? Podcast #58

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…Matt and OneTwenty talk about going to Japan's largest NFT auction, Flexing, Black people in facial recognition & Camera Tip of the Week.

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