JAPAN WUT PODCAST 183 "AI GOLF DYSTOPIA"

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ON PODCAST 183

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Why is a former race car driver in charge of Japan’s New Capitalism? Where are the laser boats being deployed in the Indo-Pacific? Will Japan’s AI Golf Devices open the genie’s bottle?

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Show Notes

JAPAN

New LDP Leader Ishiba’s Economic Vision Points to Continuity, Tax Reform; Prime Minister-to-Be Hopes to ‘Solidify’ Kishida’s Efforts, Battle Rising Prices

Top Japanese firms pull out from Olympic sponsorships

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Eyeing 2027 China threat, U.S. deploys laser-equipped ship to Japan

Chinese warship shoots laser at BFAR aircraft

Crew of Vietnamese fishing boat injured in an attack in the South China Sea, state media say

SOCIETY 5.0

Japanese team finds 303 more Nazca geoglyphs through AI tech

Tokyo gov't launches AI dating app to match couples, boost births

Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug

powerline drones

Development of pig weight estimation technology using cable-mounted moving camera and AI (artificial intelligence) - Scabutter® application system -

The military use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow. China is confused.

In an age where AI (artificial intelligence) can find lost items, the burden on commercial facilities has been reduced to the point that "I don't want to do it with paper anymore"

Singapore to implement facial recognition for online banking

WorldCoin introduces facial recognition feature and launches in Guatemala, Poland and Malaysia

Sony and Raspberry Pi jointly develop "AI camera" - we asked both companies about their goals

Japan Bus Association aims for autonomous driving and cashless payments by 2030

WHILL autonomous driving service begins full operation at Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport)

NX Group and Groovenauts use optimization technology to automate air freight consolidation operations, aiming for a 25% reduction in five years

Japan's first ChatGPT-based conversational golf AI device "BirdieTalk" is released. AI provides comprehensive support for your game.

Japan Wut 119 "Collective Entrepreneurs"

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… We discuss Ramen in Space, how Japan is being peripherally affected by conflicts overseas, and potential SDGs in the Japan Society 5.0 umbrella.

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Show Notes for 119

High or Not High

• More than 10 who ate 'weed gummies' hospitalized this year: Osaka police

• Osaka restaurateur sends ramen ingredients into space for six months to test effects of cosmic rays

SOCIETY 5.0

• Japan Opens New Silicon Valley Base for Japanese Startups

• Sony lures record female engineers despite talent shortage in Japan

• Uber CEO sees huge potential in Japanese ride-sharing market

COVID

• Japan medical groups urge women to check if they are pregnant before taking COVID drugs

WAR

• Car rams into barricade near Israel Embassy in Tokyo; man detained

• Mitsubishi Electric in line to be key supplier for U.S. Navy radar

• ‘Day may come’ when North Korea will attack US to help Palestine: Hamas official

• Philippines joins Japan-led naval drills as brushes with China rise in the disputed South China Sea

• Japan urges China to release national jailed on spy charges

Japan

• Japanese PM Kishida meets Chinese President Xi amid difficult ties

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Japan Wut 106 "Electronic Skin"

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… Matt discusses Final Fantasy Whiskey, Electronic Skin for surveillance, and presents an update on the Japanese Government’s initiatives to work with the World Economic Forum on developing a circular economy. They want to change you, and you will like it.

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Show Notes for Show 106

NEW PRODUCT/HIGH OR NOT HIGH

• Canned volcanic ash erupts into huge hit for Kagoshima Pref.

• Three 'Final Fantasy XIV' whiskeys are on the way, with cool nods to the game’s starter cities

FUKUSHIMA WATER

• Japan to give extra $141 million to fisheries amid China import ban

SOCIETY 5.0

• University of Tokyo Researchers Developing Full-body Electronic Skin to Measure Physiological Data and Analyze with AI

• Japan Launches Circular Economy Collaboration with World Economic Forum

•  A Multifaceted Approach of Decarbonization, Circular Economy, Decentralization and Harmony with Nature

• The Circular Economy | World Economic Forum

• Toto develops bidet feature that can be adjusted by smartphone

• Lawson addresses labor shortage with futuristic avatars

• Nagoya subway replaces platform timetables with QR codes to cut costs

EAT THE BUGS

• Fine Sinter adds chocolate sweets to insect diet

• Business diversification into edible cricket production and electronic parts manufacturing Processing into dried products and powder, business negotiations with confectionery manufacturers progressing

• An electronic parts manufacturer in Ogaki that is challenging the food crisis with cricket production

WAR

• Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow divisive government plan to build U.S. military runways

Japan

• Japan cab company under fire for tweet playing up female drivers' looks, ages

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Photos for Show 106

Japan WUT 87 "Inheritors of the Phoenix"

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… Matt discusses dumb dumb Pikachu stamps for creepy millenial office workers, think tanker and CIA connected Elbridge Colby's article about Japan and Taiwan in the Nikkei Shimbum, and genetically manipulated radioactive-proof Chinese soldiers (it's NEW!).

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Show Notes

• Spruce up your office with Pikachu date stamps

• Elbridge Colby (Twitter)

• China's military buildup shows its ambitions go well beyond Taiwan

• Phoenix Program

• "Unprecedented" Chinese Genetic Experiment May Lead To Army Of Radiation-Resistant Super Soldiers

• NTT and NEC collaborate to promote a decarbonized society

• Japan had weak basis for ordering 882 mil. COVID vaccine doses: audit

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Photos Related to the Show

Japan WUT? 85 "Don't Worry, Panic Panic Panic"

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… Matt discusses a digital product/service for Beyond Millenialism, a new Stupid Gaijin of the Week, delves into some of the worldwide details about a possible upcoming banking crisis and how it might affect those of us in Japan as well as a comparison between Japanese PM Kishida meeting UKrainian PM Zelenskyy vs Putin and Xi’s summit. Strap in. Lots to unpack.

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Transcript

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• Show Links:

• Giant signs at Tokyo stations show Hololive talent and human fans

• SGOTW

• Porno Politician

• Junior high school on remote Japan island holds graduation ceremony for only student

• Trilateral Commission: NWO Year 1

Poem for the Trilateral Commission by Nikkei Staff:
"In secret meetings, you plan and conspire,

To create a new order, of which you aspire.

Your goals are unclear, but some see the end,

As a world government, with you as its friend."

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Photos Related to this Episode

Photos: 1) Porno Politician 2) Xi and Putin 3) JPM Kishida and Zelenskyy 4) AI Spinach (Nikkei) 5) Beyond Millenial VTB ad at Shibuya Sta.

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