Japan Wut 115 "Build Back Worse"

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… We discuss how uninformed politicians at Japan’s G7 meet are trying to regulate AI as a Build Back Better move — they don’t care if their AI solutions are worse, as long as they control them and you don’t. We also cover how the De-Dollarization movement is affecting the Japanese economy, and why tech shows seem to be stuck in dumb Sci-Fi ruts!

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SHOW NOTES FOR 115

HIGH NOT HIGH

• Hay fever-fighting rice to be part of Japan's economic stimulus

NEW PRODUCT

• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to offer AI security camera service

WAR

• What Russia could give North Korea in exchange for weapons to use in Ukraine | NK PRO

SOCIETY 5.0

• Japan Mobility Show provides glimpse of robots as future of rescue efforts

• Koito, Denso collaborate to enhance night driving safety

• G7 agrees on guiding principles for AI developers to address risks

• Press corner

• An economy that works for people

• Japan, EU agree on developing rules for cross-border data flows

• Japanese scientists make better lithium-ion battery without cobalt

• Brakes applied to driverless public transport after Fukui accident 

• AI suitcase tested outdoors to guide visually impaired people

• AI map analysis uncovers 34 probable ancient burial mounds in Japan

CHINA

• Chinese yuan beats Euro, is 2nd most used currency in global payments system SWIFT

DEDOLLOR

• DCJPY: A Revolution in Digital Currency and Global Connectivity

• De-Dollarization? China Completes First Digital Yuan Purchase For Cross-Border Oil Transaction

• India Rejects Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese Yuan

SGOTW

• U.S. soldier arrested for trespassing in home in Aomori Prefecture

DEPOPULATION 

• Aging Japanese town faces challenge as foreign population grows 20 times larger in 20 yrs

• Small group learning key to survival of Japan's least populous city

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Japan WUT? 83 "Overton Pushers"

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… Matt discusses Japanese astronauts on Space-X rockets, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, silkworm sashimi, a Japanese UFO town and intelligence officers who work in think tanks that try to get other countries to edge in favor of the American War Machine.

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Show Links:

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• Brazilian reported for alleged marijuana trafficking in Japan used porch lights as signals

• The Marathon Initiative

• FENDER FLAGSHIP Store to Open in Harajuku

• Hopping mad: Japan's edible bug industry takes giant leap forward 

• Bugs for Fish

• UFO Town

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