JAPAN WUT PODCAST 181 "SPY CARS"

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ON PODCAST 181

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Why is the Japanese government sending drones into the Suicide Forest? Are foreign cars equipped with cameras and radars monitoring domestic military assets? Would you put your kids on a self-driving bus?

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SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

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SOCIETY 5.0

Drones patrol the Aokigahara forest at night, detecting people and "dissuading suicide attempts"... Yamanashi Prefecture to start this month

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NEC uses AI to analyze trustworthiness of information and support fact-checking

Automatic runs to start on Joetsu Shinkansen Line in fiscal 2028

Japan retail chain Nojima president offers advice via AI alter ego

Saikai City Hall tests the usefulness of "Varigoodkun," an AI for local governments. Achieves reduction of 2,072 hours of work time in just two months

PKSHA and Osaka Metro jointly develop "AI monitoring system" that detects white canes and wheelchairs to strengthen customer monitoring system

"THE PILLOW" offers comfortable sleep with "pillow x AI" and opens official store on Rakuten Ichiba

Supporting rapid evacuation in the event of a disaster, a disaster prevention service for local governments using facial recognition has been developed. Total support for evacuation shelter management by notifying each resident of evacuation shelters and using facial recognition to enter and exit the shelters.

Facial recognition payment system installed at school dormitory stores, financial education to warn against overspending
Facial recognition payment available at Nissen High School Joyo Bank and Hitachi Finance/DX Education Ibaraki

Introducing the latest AI camera… Capturing smartphone users while driving

Why BYD is adopting Huawei's autonomous driving technology

Junior high school students test drive "self-driving bus" on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa

"Draft opinion completed in one minute"... "Legal AI" shakes up legal profession in South Korea

Instantaneous decision on six types of medicine: AI to improve medical efficiency and extend healthy lifespan

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