Matt Bigelow

music, podcasts, and recordings from tokyo

Podcasts and self-produced music from Tokyo. AI trends from Tokyo, Asia News Analysis, Odd Japanese Items, and documenting the rising conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.

JAPAN WUT 173 "SAYONARA SUCKERS"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 172 "MECH JANITORS"


ON PODCAST 171

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Would you inject artificial blood if your life depended on it? Would you put your children on a self-driving bus? Can you trust AI CEOs that love being part of the World Economic Forum?

Show Notes

WEIRD CORNERS

Clinical trial on artificial blood cells to begin in Japan

Common wild amphibians banned from Yahoo auctions

Train travels all day long with corpse aboard in Tokyo area

SOCIETY 5.0

JR West now has giant robots performing maintenance work via VR-goggled operators

Utilizing AI to realize demand forecasting and plan optimization for the global manufacturing supply chain

Prime Minister Kishida announces that autonomous driving will be implemented at 10 locations, eliminating the need for a driver

Self-driving buses move smoothly through tunnels in Hokkaido's Kamishihoro town

Kawasaki City to begin demonstration experiment of self-driving buses that cross prefectural borders, the first in Japan, from January next year, aiming for "driverless" by 2027

Tier IV, whose president is an autonomous driving engineer, is ranked "No. 1 in Japan" in fundraising! Survey conducted from January to June 2024

Nissan-backed China's self-driving WeRide applies for IPO in U.S.

Denso-affiliated J-QuAD sees second consecutive quarterly profit increase due to "special demand" caused by autonomous driving development?

Toyota's research and development expenditure hits record high of 1.3 trillion yen! Will it be used for "Autonomous Driving" and "Woven City"?

NEXCO Central conducts demonstration experiment of self-driving snowplow on Shin-Tomei Expressway


SUPPLY CHAIN WARS

Chinese takeover of European seaports: EU turned a blind eye on security risks for years, experts say - Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

Linked by Russia, North Korea and Belarus vow ‘new era’ of bilateral ties

Japan devising support plan on trade, decarbonization for Central Asia

Uber, China’s BYD, form partnership to deploy 100,000 EVs in EU and Latin America

Taiwan is readying citizens for a Chinese invasion. It’s not going well.

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 171 "DRONE BOSS"

JAPAN WUT 170 "TOYOTA AI DRIFT"

Japan Wut 169 "CORRUPT DOORS"

Japan Wut 168 "WORKER IN THE MACHINE"

Japan Wut 167 "FUAD ALABASTER: DECENTRALIZED MALAYSIA"


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Asia is going through a dynamic shift in power, with the rise of China on one side, and pull of America on the other. Looking forward, what does this mean economically, technologically, and culturally? Joining the podcast from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is Fuad Alabaster (@FuadKyoto), the Executive Director at Halogen Capital, which offers secure and innovative crypto investment solutions. Fuad is also the lead vocalist for the band, Kyoto Protocol. 

Fuad and Matt discuss how Malaysia and Japan are dealing with tides of change, which we are most definitely in.

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Japan Wut 166 "AI BEER GIRLS"


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Would you try AI beer girls? Why is PM Kishida’s administration so interested in NATO while China acts increasingly odd in a kind of hostile way? And what are the strange regulators doing with self-driving technology? What are they scared of?

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SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

G7: Japan Signs $31 Billion Worth High-Speed Rail Project With India

Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says

Japan, Philippines sign defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China

CHINA

Japan confirms China set up buoy over its southern continental shelf

Taiwan fishing boat seized by China Coast Guard off Kinmen

DEDOLLAR/BITCOIN

BRICS: Start of De-Dollarization, 52% Trade in China Settled in Yuan

SOCIETY 5.0

Surprisingly cool: "There's only 1/3 of your beer left. Would you like a refill?" Generative AI checks how much food is left and suggests refills Gatebox develops "AI Organizer" for restaurants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNAfN62Gdc

Developing high-definition sound visualization technology using high-speed cameras and AI

Autonomous driving job listings fall 25.8% from previous month to 14,011, June 2024 survey

Eight Knot, a startup developing autonomous ship technology, has been selected for Ehime Prefecture's "Triangle Ehime" digital implementation acceleration project for the third consecutive year

Prime Minister Kishida wears "self-driving glasses"!? Year-round operation, expanded to 14 prefectures

Japan Wut 165 "ITERATIVE AI SURVEILLANCE"


Japan Wut 164 "AUTONOMOUS CURRENCIES" (Copy)


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Show Notes

Self-Driving Car startups are seeing massive cash injections in Japan, but can they deliver the goods? The BRICS plan on launching a new blockchain-gold-backed currency, called the UNIT. What does this mean for Japan and the G7 Economy, which is hellbent on minority issues and riding the tailcoats of its past?

DEPOPULATION

Meiji Yasuda Life to extend retirement age to 70 amid labor shortage

SOCIETY 5.0

Aichi Prefecture to start regular operation of self-driving vehicles in Nagoya City from October

Autonomous driving venture Turing raises additional 1.5 billion yen, total amount to 6 billion yen, to be used for development of computing infrastructure

Kajima and SoftBank subsidiary to operate Level 4 autonomous bus, first private company to do so

DEDOLLAR/BITCOIN

BRICS will have its own currency

Japan Wut 163 "YOU HAVE CANCER AI"

Japan Wut 162 "AI SURVEILLANCE AWARDS"

Japan Wut 161 "5G DRONE WARFARE"

Japan Wut 160 "AI COUNTRY SUPERSTARS"


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While Japan’s crematoriums are under the influence of Chinese money, Japan rolls out its AI crime prevention technology to Latin America, but is it too late to curb China’s expansion into the Pacific? Meanwhile, AI Country Music might end up as the real winner with a bevy of new Generated Stars.


SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

Kanagawa Prefecture Aikawa Town: Three chicken coops burn down at a chicken farm, killing about 45,000 chickens (神奈川 愛川町 養鶏場で鶏舎3棟焼け約4万5000羽死ぬ|NHK 首都圏のニュース)

Chinese money in Japanese Crematoriums) 中国資本傘下の火葬場「東京博善」またも値上げ。東京23区内でシェア7割、商売敵も皆無でやりたい放題かと募る都民の不満 | マネーボイス

SOCIETY 5.0

A Novel Solution to Public Security: Japan’s AI-Based Crime Prediction | The Government of Japan

世界初!ENEOSとPreferred Networksが、AI技術による原油処理装置の自動運転を開始

Self-driving bus crashes after switching to manual mode to overtake Yahiko village


DEDOLLAR

China's Sinopec To Build Gas Pipelines For Saudi Aramco In $1-Billion Deal

CHINA

The Jiangnan military shipyard in #Shanghai is now building the following warships:

  • 2 helicopter carriers Type 075 & Type 076

  • Type 055 large destroyers / cruisers.

  • Type 054A frigates

  • Type 052DL destroyers

  • 3 Coast Guard ships

  • Jiangnan is one of 2 military shipyards in Shanghai. The other one is the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard.

  • The Jiangnan military shipyard built China's 3rd aircraft carrier, the Fujian.


SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

China eyes Sea of Japan access via Russia-North Korea border river

North Korean Tankers spotted at Russia’s Vostochny Port; Brazen Oil Product Smuggling Becomes the Norm



ジャパンWUTポッドキャスト 159 (マイケル・ヨン)

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Japan Wut 158 "SYSTEMS OF HEGEMONY"

Japan Wut 157 "AI CAMERAS RISING"



Japan Wut 156 "LOW-ALTITUDE ECONOMY"



Japan Wut 155 "LEGACY SOCIETY"

Japan Wut 154 "AI Software Coup"

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