JAPAN WUT PODCAST 193 "THE BILLIONAIRES LAUGH"

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Why is it morally wrong for Japan to import energy from Russia, but totally fine when it comes to the Middle East? How is Japan using AI Satellites to monitor dark ships on the high seas? Why is one of Japan’s richest men meeting with Donald Trump?

Show Notes

JAPAN and WEF

Courtesy Call from H.E. Mr. Børge Brende, President and CEO of the World Economic Forum

Børge Brende 

Japan brewer to create first space sake in history, sell single bottle for 100 mil. yen

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Honda, Nissan eye merger talks to form world's 3rd biggest auto group

Rival LNG supplies, Sakhalin's depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas

Import volume of crude oil to Japan in 2023, by country

SOCIETY 5.0

Using AI to track "dark ships" via satellite

9 chatbots for local governments. Also introducing track records and implementation examples

AI agents promise to lighten your shopping load − if they can earn your trust

Trump and SoftBank CEO Unveil $100 Billion Investment in U.S. | WSJ News

SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over next four years

GO Japan Transportation and self-driving car technology Waymo enter into strategic partnership to test technology in Tokyo

Group company DXYZ's facial recognition platform "FreeiD" will be standardized for all future apartments built by Tokyo Miraiz

Migaro HD introduces facial recognition platform "FreeiD" to The Parkhouse Shinsaibashi Tower

JR East announces "Suica" future vision, using facial recognition to collect fares and to allow passengers to get on and off trains without passing through ticket gates, utilizing "location information"

Kitamura HD introduces Bitkey's "workhub" to its offices; 8 group companies enter with facial recognition; 84% say it's "convenient"

Understanding bus stop congestion and usage status - face recognition system demonstration experiment to begin on route buses from the 12th [Niigata]

Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance

Japan Wut 122 "My Robot's Load"

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… We discuss robots on the rise in Japan, the WEF and Japan’s investments into semi-conductors, and more Japanese ships linked to Israelis being hijacked amid the Current Wars. Strap in — you are living in interesting times.

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122 Show Notes

NEW PRODUCT/High or Not High

• Building houses with swarms of drones

SOCIETY 5.0

• Robots helping to solve Japan's '2024 problem,' IFR Reports

• How Japan’s semiconductor industry is leaping into the future (WEF)

• Japan’s tech leaders accelerate its climate actions, ex-PM says

• Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO days after ouster with US elite

• Alibaba founder Jack Ma starts ready-made food company

• Docomo to showcase diverse technologies at docomo Open House '24

• Line operator says 440,000 personal data items leaked

WAR

• The First Japan - NATO Cyber Dialogue

• US frees hijacked tanker off Yemen

• Global shipping on edge after Houthis seize Israeli vessels

• U.S. spy drones relocated to Okinawa despite local objection

• Israeli-Owned Ship Comes Under Iranian Suicide Drone Attack In Indian Ocean

JAPAN

• Japan's 330-meter tallest skyscraper Azabudai Hills opens in Tokyo

• Kengo Kuma-designed building paves path as Japan's 1st zero-emissions hotel

• Japan warns that China, Russia share goal of creating new global order

• Origins of Japan's foreign residents shift over 3 decades, further change expected: expert

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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

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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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OneTwenty (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360) and Matt talk about pandemic cherry blossoms, people going out after the state of emergency, chocolate ramen, songs, a restaurant chain suing the government over lockdown measures, and we begin with COVID-19 Vaccine skepticism.

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