Japan Wut 102 "Hydrogen High"

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… Matt discusses turning Japanese bullet trains into baseball bats, the importance of infiltration before launching a war in respect to Japan’s reliance on the USA, and a proposed Japan Society 5.0 Boat that converts the oceans into hydrogen energy for the future no one asked for.

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SHOW NOTES FOR EP. 102

NEW PRODUCT

• Shinkansen Baseball Bat

SOCIETY 5.0

• Fujitsu deploys AI customer service solution for field trials at supermarket chain in Japan

• Less lost in translation: Foreigners get high-tech help in Tokyo's baffling Shinjuku rail hub

• Wind Hunter Project ~ Zero-Emission Project with Wind Propulsion and Hydrogen

• MOL to sponsor Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition on Theme ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’

WAR

• China wants to mobilise entire nation in counter-espionage

• Two US Navy sailors charged with giving Chinese spies secret military info

ECONOMY

• Japan's Jan.-June farm exports hit record amid waning COVID impact

Japan in Japan

• Japan is deporting illegal immigrants

• Hiroshima, 1951. Six years after after the atomic bombing. 

• Japanese high school kids average 12% correct answers in English oral test

• Japan eyeing Fukushima water release at the end of August | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

LGBTQ

• Tokyo entertainment complex remodels restroom to remove gender-neutral setup

EAT THE BUGS

• Learn about "future food" through eating insects during summer vacation! “Future Cricket Lab Stick Gyoza Kit” Release Commemorative Campaign will be held until August 13th (Sun)

• [Kashiwa City Council Election 2023 Candidate List Pledge] Don't let children eat crickets

COVID

• Japanese life expectancy falls in 2022 for 2nd straight yr

• Japan approved 1st locally-developed mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. What about Korea?

• New Evidence Suggests Vaccinated Can Transmit Covid-19 Vax Antibodies Through The Air

HIGH OR NOT HIGH

• Last orders: North Korean restaurants close their doors across Southeast Asia

CHINA

• Zoom Updates Terms to Use Customer Data for AI Training With No Opt-Out

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Japan Wut 94 "Gaijin Yakitori"

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… Matt offers advice on gift giving for adults with kids, breaks down the AI industry of investing billions for dumb consumer products loaded with surveillance tech, and discusses a Japanese Parliamentarian who wants to know if his spiraling health condition has anything to do with being triple jabbed.

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Articles for Ep. 94

• What If AI Is Only A Cost And Not A Profit Bonanza?

• My Number Card points sent to wrong recipients in 113 cases | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

• Japan to enforce crypto anti-money laundering steps from June

• Japan AI startup launches robot for home use

• Japan's flu season yet to end due to low immunity, end of COVID rules

• NHK president apologizes over 'inappropriate' broadcast on Japan's post-vaccine deaths

• Japan's NHK apologizes over how suspected COVID vaccine deaths were reported

• Seven & i president reappointed in proxy fight against U.S. activist fund

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Photos: 1 and 2. New robot in Japan; 3. Japanese politician worried about health and vaccines; 4 and 5. Train-shaped cutlery; 6 and 7. Cocktail designed to not watch smartphone.

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On Episode 57, OneTwenty and Matt talk about Tokyo bars and restaurants reopening (without qr codes and vax passes), election scheming and camera tips of the week. Tokyo is Back! and so are WE! Gaijins you can “Trust”!

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We interview Richard in Japan about going to all of the Book Offs in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.

Music guest N.E.V.R., an Okinawan-based hip-hop artist. Give him a buzz on Spotify, would ya?

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Matt and OneTwenty discuss what’s the point of keeping art out of politics if everyone’s doing it, OneTwenty’s appearance on Asian Boss YouTube channel, and Really Khalil calls in from Savannah, Georgia to talk about car sex, Carl’s Jr. Onlyfans and his SEC digital entrepreneurship project Music Benefactors.

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Before the second state of emergency goes into effect, Michael OneTwenty (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360?) and Matt want to tell you about weirdo luxury goods, photography tips, and rock legend Adam Yang's kinks in the before times. Japan’s podcast stop for Non-PC, everyone-loving, exploration of living life in Japan.

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Japan WUT? 44 "Rich Hosts"

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Hip-Hop artist and photographer Michael OneTwenty (Instagram: https://instagram.com/onetwenty360?) is back in the co-hosting chair. We talk about Japanese Hosto making bank, keeping the weird from North America away from Japan, donuts as ice-cream, and the Japanese origins of the Uncanny Valley. The Robots may take our society, but they can never take our minds!

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Japan WUT? 42 "Beyond the Great Reset"

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This episode looks at the book, "COVID-19: the Great Reset" by Klaus Schwab in relation to Japan and how people are moving towards a future in lockstep with their AI-driven smartphones. The book focuses on how our global civilization can be rebuilt from the bottom up with COVID in mind.

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Japan WUT? 39 "The Tweet of Defeat" feat. Ron Reid

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After reviewing a strange dog product, Matt and Mike compare state-run vs. activist SJW coverage of PM Shinzo Abe Stepping down due to illness (symptoms covered in the show).

Ron Reid calls in to talk about his outreach work in Tokyo helping the homeless get back on their feet with a program called First Fruits (https://www.facebook.com/firstfruitsministry).

We finish the show with Elon Musk's robot pigs vs. a new Japanese flying car.

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Japan WUT? 38 "Salaryman Capitalism" feat. author Michael Howard

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Michael Howard, author of manga-themed The Salaryman (https://www.thesalarymanbook.com/ ) calls into the show to talk about his experiences working in Japan Inc. and the book that those experiences are based on.

Mike and Matt cover bullshit languages, Tokyo Aliens, and Surveillance Capitalism that is creeping into our daily lives as a means to protect us from COVID.
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Japan WUT 36 "Champagne Problems"

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Matt and Mike talk about drinking in the countryside, covid stigma, and AI in the train stations.

Our guest today is part a 2 or 3 Part Exclusive with writer Peter Tasker (www.petertasker.asia), a columnist who talks to us today about the situation in Hong Kong and how Japan can benefit.

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Japan WUT? 35 "Bad Accents"

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In this episode, Matt Bigelow and Mike Rogers deconstruct:
The suspicious Chinese seeds have reached Japan -- where are they from, really? What are the Russians like, really? Stupid Gaijin of the Week, really? Americana done better in Japan, really? Are smart cities in fact, AI spies? REALLLY?

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Japan WUT? 34 "Gossip Tacos" feat. Lee Popa

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We begin the show talking about being pissed off, euthanasia in Asia, Russian families and orchids.
Then Lee Popa — the legendary sound engineer spills the beans, or as we like to call it “Gossip Tacos” on some of the crazy stories he was involved in with Ministry, Lisa Marie Presley, Tool, and insane road stories. WHAT IS LOYALTY YOU MAY ASK? Find out here. Find out today. Find out now.
We finish with AI, tech bans, and a Stupid Gaijin of the Week.
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Japan WUT? 33 "Wireless Parenting"

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We begin with American business vs. Japanese business. Guess which one has more curse words? Following that: Wireless Parenting in 2020.

Then Delaina Miyazaki, the voice of Sapporo, calls in to talk about the Anything Goes Hokkaido Video Podcast (YOUTUBE LINK), and the challenges of getting projects done in the Covid 3D world. Delaina is the voice of the Hokkaido trains and has been on countless programs. We play her new song "Fade Away" as a Tokyo exclusive.

Talks about community, and music venues post-covid finish off the show.
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Japan WUT? 32 "Plastic Jungle"

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Matt and Mike discuss the atmospheric river blasting across Asia and ravaging the island of Kyushu, 5 reasons why Matt knows he's 40, and our new Plastic Jungles.

Henry Morse from 2020production.com calls in to talk the Dos and Donts for recording Zoom Podcasts and Meetings. He is a professional sound engineer who has been editing Zoom podcasts and we have the Good, the Bad, and Ugly for you here today. Learn how not to be “THAT GUY” in your next Zoom. Henry is available for your next audio business needs.

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In this episode we discuss media tribes and changes in human behavior, as the Mike Rogers Show hit #1 on Twitter!

Uta Bataillard of GourmetPro.co calls in to discuss his new digital product that aims to connect Japanese delicacies to localized international markets.

On the back-end: FujiFilm Drugs, Kurt Cobain Guitar Sells, and Kimono Face Masks for ladies of the COVID night.

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Japan WUT? 29 "Color Me Red" feat. Lee Popa /// Mike Rogers

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Lee Popa is a legend in the music business, with over 20 million albums sold under his belt! From working with Shure Microphones to Queen, Tool, John Prine and Engelbert Humperdinck (the list goes on). Lee has moved to Japan help out younger musicians launch their careers in the internet age with Color Red Studios. It's a fantastic product. Check out his studios and study what is going on at Color Red. (www.colorred.co)

Lee discusses his road warrior tales from working with the industry's top artists with high praise for some while throwing other major acts under the bus!

Solid advice for musicians looking to make it big in the internet age is also added in today’s secret sauce podcast.

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Japan WUT? 28 "Mostly Peaceful Podcast" feat. Alan Demsky, Mike Rogers

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We welcome world famous DJ Mike Rogers (Mike Rogers Show) as co-host of the show. We discuss the Black Lives Matter protest in Tokyo, Social Media Weddings gone awry, and Japan opening up to Hong Kong refugees.

Alan Demsky is our featured guest this week. He discusses the ins and outs of English Consulting in Japan as well as being an ambient musician. His song, "Community" is featured on today's show.

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Japan WUT? 27 "Weapons of Mass Instruction" with Mike Marrington

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This week we speak to elite drummer Mike Marrington (https://mikemarrington.weebly.com/) on his experiences supporting Japanese super-groups SMAP and SEKAI NO OWARI playing the biggest arenas in Japan, supporting the victims of the 3/11 Tsunami, and how his life has changed in the COVID Pandemic.

We have started to get Covid19 under control, but the effects will last years, if not longer. @japanwut discusses smartphone tracking measures, the (potential) Olympics cancellation, and people who try to skip on Shinkansen tickets to collect government payouts. All this plus Japanese Black Lives Matter demonstrations and more! w/music by @shamanzsounds.

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Japan WUT? 26 "No Secret Code" with Le Wagon Code Boot Camp

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5G is coming! How will Japanese life change in this new age of technology? In episode #26 of @Japanwut we talk about possible new developments when the towers go up. What can we do to keep up? We speak to Sylvain Pierre of @LeWagontokyo on bringing your coding skills up to a professional level in 9 weeks with their Japan-based courses in English. We also get into recent fundraising for our favorite music venues and how they’re progressing. All this plus Japanese twitter, Battle of the Bands, and more!
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Japan WUT? 25 "Isolation Fatigues"

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On episode 25 We speak to professional whistler Tracy Echeverry the Insane Whistler (YouTube, INSTA and Actor on INTERLOCKED) on building a profile in a niche entertainment industry. We then speculate on life in Japan once the COVID19 shutdown is lifted and what to do when the big music labels don’t knock down your door.
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