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Japan Wut 153 "AI GOBBLEDYGOOK"

May 13, 2024 / Matthew Bigelow

ON PODCAST 153

DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT

Japan’s new emergency drones, Japanese surgeons using AI while digging around in your guts, and how China might be using TikTok algos to fuel resentment in the Supply Chain Wars. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times.

SHOW NOTES

WUT

Japan bullet trains host wrestling, dining events in new travel trend

JAPAN

Honda logs record annual profits on hybrid sales, weak yen

Tokyo police to set up 24-hour lost and found lockers

SOCIETY 5.0

KDDI to deploy drones at 1,000 Japan locations to aid disaster relief

More stores in Japan using AI for discounts, other purposes to combat food loss

Tokyo startup devises AI system to help with endoscopic surgery

Keidanren in call to make Japan an ‘AI, robotics powerhouse’ | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

US, Japan universities and tech giants Amazon, Nvidia partner on privacy-respecting AI

Making global efforts to realize ‘Society 5.0’

Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI

Mapping The Number Of AI Startups By Country

Startup grows sea alga to slash greenhouse gas in cattle burps

CHINA

Chinese buoy in East China Sea remains a thorn in Japan’s side

China Ships Reefs

Students largely sympathize with Hamas, get most war info from TikTok: shocking survey

TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal

Japan defense chief urges higher security after drone video of warship posted on China social media

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Japan Wut 146 "Bugs by Proxy"

April 08, 2024 / Matthew Bigelow

ON PODCAST 146

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The hotel industry jumps into AI monitoring, Japan’s iconic vending machines get an algorithm injection, and the Eet Ze Bugs industry takes their aim at fish.

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Show Notes

HIGH OR NOT HIGH

Man arrested after pressing naked butt against water faucet in Tokyo park

JAPAN

Japan's February household spending falls 0.5%, down for 12th month

Shizuoka governor to resign after gaffe insulting vegetable sellers

Japanese firms' plans for CO2 export, storage in Southeast Asia on rise

SOCIETY 5.0

AI is spying on the food we throw away

Uber to launch ride-hailing services in Japan

NEC provides facial recognition payment service for demonstration of local currency service by TOPPAN Digital

Chino Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducts demonstration experiment of facial recognition payment at physical stores, making payments easy even for people who do not have or are unfamiliar with smartphones

Kirin vending machines utilize SoftBank's proprietary AI algorithm; joint demonstration results show that demand forecasts were highly accurate compared to actual sales.

EAT THE BUGS

Making Aquaculture More Sustainable: Marubeni Farms Yellowtail on Insect-Based Feed

JAPAN/NATO

Estonian PM Kaja Kallas to become the new NATO chief Kaja Kallas (WIKI)

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Japan Wut 141 "AI Love in Normie Land"

March 19, 2024 / Matthew Bigelow

ON PODCAST 141…

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The AI Sector gets weird in Japan’s Normie World, Tokyo metro to setup new missile shelter, and facial recognition continues to expand in Japan’s medical fields. Strap in, you are living in Interesting Times.

Show Notes

ODD

Tokyo to create missile shelter in Azabu-Juban subway station

JAPAN BUSINESS

BOJ discusses an end to negative interest rates

Honda Unveils Japan's First Plug-In Rechargeable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Pushed into corner, Yamaha set to return to domestic production

SOCIETY 5.0

Artificial intelligence generates sentences from messages received...Yu Kashii reads out an unstoppable ``love AI novel'' JN

Ishikawa/Kaga City completes admission to hospitals using MynaCard and facial recognition JN

My Number Card: Experience the use of insurance cards using facial recognition at a shopping mall

CHINA

Chinese Scientists Implant First Pig Liver Into Brain-Dead Human

China building giant hypersonic railgun for space launches

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Xinhua Commentary: China-Europe rail route stabilizes global supply chains amid turmoil

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Japan Wut 140 "Logistics Sharing"

March 15, 2024 / Matthew Bigelow

ON PODCAST 140…

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The “Eat the Bugs” Market is failing in Japan, BRICS’ De-dollarisation campaign is affecting Japan, and Japan is facing its own internal Supply Chain War. Strap in — You are living in Interesting Times.

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Show Notes

OMGWTF

Japan-bound US plane makes safe emergency landing in LA after losing tire on takeoff

EAT THE BUGS

High school students develop eco-friendly feed using crickets; UN-recommended protein source for chickens

Eating crickets is at a crossroads due to headwinds; high hopes, deep-rooted resistance / Aichi

DEDOLLAR/BITCOIN

Kremlin Reveals Plans to Create a "Politics-Free" BRICS Blockchain-Based Payments System

Report: Japan's E-Commerce Giant Mercari to Accept BTC Payments

U.S. embrace of remote working empties offices, weighs on banks

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

``Logistics sharing'' that breaks common sense: 42 companies from different industries collaborate

SOCIETY 5.0

New ride-sharing service to start in Osaka this fall, to be rolled out nationwide in 2025

Now is our chance to govern AI for women’s empowerment

Tokyo startup looks to AI to boost gastrointestinal cancer detection

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