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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 208 "MECHANIZED PTERODACTYLUS FROM THE FUTURE"

April 18, 2025  /  Matthew Bigelow

Is the Osaka Expo being used as a technocratic training ground? How can supply chains can be weaponized asymmetrically? Would you talk to an AI-resurrected family member at their funeral?

SHOW NOTES

JAPAN DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION 

Japan’s Population Declines for Fourteenth Straight Year: Over-75 Cohort Continues to Grow

Japan faces severe shortage of carpenters as home prices soar

Teacher helps Myanmar people learn Japanese, escape hardships

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan 'deeply concerned' about global economic fallout from Trump's trade tariffs: Kato

Japan protests to Russia over ship restrictions near disputed islands

China says it detected salmonella in imported American poultry meats and bone meal

SOCIETY 5.0 / AI MARKETS

Osaka-Kansai Expo to be a springboard for widespread adoption of cashless payments and facial recognition

AI revives the deceased: new services emerge, even for funerals

Seven Bank's ATM facial recognition service strengthens measures against deep fakes and launches a year late

Waymo, which has begun to slowly roll out in Japan as a self-driving taxi

Shocking facts revealed in an experiment where an AI agent books a hotel room: How does an AI view online ads?

"That's what an AI agent will do": The background to hosting an AI agent hackathon at AWS Summit Japan 2025

DXYZ Introduces Facial Recognition Platform "FreeiD" to Chuetsu Pulp Industry's Tokyo Headquarters

AI semiconductors evolve surveillance cameras: NTT develops new camera that can detect up to 150 meters ahead

4 arrested in Japan for selling explicit AI-created posters

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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 207 “TREACHEROUS A.I. DOGS”

April 09, 2025  /  Matthew Bigelow

Where are the treacherous A.I. dogs coming from? How do N. Korean IT scams affect Japan? Are Japan’s business leaders asleep at the wheel?

ECONOMY 

Japan bankruptcies in FY2024 top 10,000

SUCKERS & TRAITORS

2 Japanese men suspected of aiding N. Korean IT impersonator

Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan MoD and MHI sign contract for the development of new standoff missile

U.S. forces to deploy large reconnaissance drones in southern Japan

SOCIETY 5.0　

'Firms asleep at the wheel won't survive': Biz leaders sound alarm on Japan's global decline

Fukui Prefecture uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify cracks and holes in roads to reduce the burden of maintenance

Bird Buddy, a smart home company, has launched the "Smart Feeder Pro," a smart bird watching camera equipped with high-performance AI.

Airports begin testing self-driving buses and facial recognition boarding systems

J21: Launch of retrofit side collision warning system combining radar and AI camera

TOPPAN Edge, Sinumy, and Mitsubishi HC Capital

begin demonstration experiments of smart authentication that combines face recognition and proprietary Bluetooth® technology

Salary payments via cashless apps struggle to gain traction in Japan

Japan Airlines’ new AI app will make it easier for cabin attendants to report inflight events with Microsoft’s Phi‑4 small language model

Manefo to introduce AI agent to improve business efficiency for small and medium-sized businesses

Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China

Remote Access Backdoor Discovered in Chinese Robot Dog Unitree Go1

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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 206 "DIGITAL BOOMERS"

April 03, 2025  /  Matthew Bigelow

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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 205 "AI ATMOSPHERIC CONSCIOUSNESS"

March 28, 2025  /  Matthew Bigelow

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