Japan Wut 117 "Billionaire Hippies"

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… We discuss a robot worker killing a human worker in South Korea, economic inconsistencies on why Japan is doing so great and bad at the same time, and how the Philippines is moving away from China’s BRI and toward Japan’s and the US’ wide open arms.

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Show Notes for Episode 117

SOCIETY 5.0

• Japan eyes $13bn in aid for chips, generative AI in stimulus budget

• An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea

Japan

• Japan's April-Sept current surplus triples to record ¥12.7 tril

• Japan household spending down for 7th month in Sept. as wages slide

• Germany set to overtake Japan as 3rd-largest economy 

• Kishida announces stimulus package of 17 trillion yen

• Albert Edwards: "Will The BOJ Fiasco Be The Straw That Breaks The Back Of US Debt"

• Japan's green transition bonds find 'more open-minded' investors

• Massive trove of ancient coins dug up in Gunma Prefecture | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• Japan whaling mother ship calls it a day amid industry stupor　 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

EAT THE BUGS

• 東京で「ザザムシ」新メニュー提供　上農高生が創作　長野県

CHINA

• Why the Philippines is exiting the Belt and Road

• Valued at $1B, Kai-Fu Lee's LLM startup unveils open source model

• Asia’s first Gay Games to kick off in Hong Kong, fostering hopes for wider LGBTQ+ inclusion | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• China’s AI Regulations and How They Get Made - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

SGOTW

• Vietnamese people have the highest number of foreigners arrested, surpassing Chinese people, background such as disappearance of trainees

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PHOTOS FOR SHOW 117

Japan Wut 111 "Data Captains"

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… We cover Japanese denim made from rose branches, the Japanese Government and WEF collaboration on Data Free Flow With Trust, Chinese robo-waiters in restaurants spying and unrestricted warfare in the real estate sector.

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Show Notes for Ep. 111

NEW PRODUCT

• Project to make denim jeans from pruned rose branches launched in west Japan city

SOCIETY 5.0

• U.N. forum on internet governance begins in Kyoto; focus on AI

• Data Governance (WEF Japan 4th Ind. Rev.)

• Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT): Paths towards Free and Trusted Data Flows

• The big AI and robotics concept that has attracted both Walmart and Softbank

• Chinese startup's robo-waiters ready to take orders around the world

Japan

• Shrine-colliding festival provides a smashing time in Matsuyama

• Japan household spending falls 2.5% in August on rising prices

• Mori Building to open new development project in Tokyo as part of push to revitalize city

• BlackRock targets Japan's climate tech in investment push: Larry Fink

WAR

• Japan, eight ASEAN nations to bolster cybersecurity collaboration

• Japanese lawmakers to visit Taiwan for National Day celebrations

• China Is Becoming a No-Go Zone for Executives

• Big Chinese state-owned enterprises setting up army-linked militias

• Taiwan blockade's cost would be felt wider than COVID: U.S. official

• Repairing U.S. ships in Japan 'very important': defense chief Kihara

• China's economic ills infecting the rest of Asia

SGOTW

• US citizen arrested south of Yokohama over theft of unlocked city vehicle

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VIDEO FOR SHOW 111 (CREDIT: ASAHI SHIMBUN)