JAPAN WUT 170 "TOYOTA AI DRIFT"

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ON PODCAST 170

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Why are Toyota's self-driving cars drifting on American racetracks? What is the status of the super-important Digital Twin techno-layer in our AI futures? Who was in Japan to strengthen the ties between the US military and Japan's SDF?

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Show Notes

DEPOPULATION

Japanese Population Drops by Single-Year Record of 860,000; All But One Prefecture See Decrease in Population

SOCIETY 5.0

Toyota's world-first "self-driving tandem drift" marks an important step in the evolution of autonomous vehicles

TRI / Stanford Engineering Autonomous Tandem Drift YOUTUBE

Current status of autonomous driving and DigitalTwin technology (Latest version 2024)

Taxis to be equipped with 360-degree recording device for autonomous driving development

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

US to upgrade military command in Japan as concerns grow over China

JGSDF Plans to Build a Missile Firing Range on Japan’s Easternmost Island

Japan Wut 108 "Brain-Bio Digital Twins"

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… We cover how Japanese telecoms plan to turn your brains into digital twins, why the weak yen is attracting trashy tourists, and how the UN turns would be brilliant people into weirdos who want to make us eat bugs.

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SHOW NOTES

NEW PRODUCT

• Yamaha adopts wood-based reinforced resin for watercraft

SOCIETY 5.0

• Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier

• Quantum Computing Startup-Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Secures $8.5m Funding

• Japan to develop brain bio-digital twin technology 

• Japanese school students see how AI can help farming

Japan/DEMOGRAPHICS

• Shibuya mayor says 'Don't come' for Halloween

• Japan labor market set for change as huge worker shortage looms

• EDITORIAL: College student quota shortfalls threatening the nation’s future

• Chinese in Tokyo (Japanese Article)

• 86% of municipalities across Japan want more foreign workers: survey

• One in 10 Japanese are older than 80: gov't data

WAR

• Xi’s security obsession turns Chinese citizens into spy hunters

• Ukraine will ask Japan to help with anti-drone technology

• Japan-Britain defense cooperation pact to take effect in Oct

EAT THE BUGS

• Could crickets be the "optimal solution" to avoid food shortages? [Part 1] / Mr. Seiya Ashikari, representative of cricket food “Ecology”

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PHOTOS FOR SHOW 108

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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