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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Photos Related to Show 115

Japan WUT? 72 "Who the WEF are you?"

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… Matt and DJO discuss insane nuclear predictions for Japan in 2023, the myth about ivermectin in Japan, and the many Japanese politicians, corporations and institutions deeply involved in the World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset”.

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SHOW LINKS

1. WEF and Japan

2. Nikkei article on how Ukraine war shook Asia

The following image is a list of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

List of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

67 - Adam Jang aka Yeti Valhalla, SE Asia COVID Survivor

// Japan WUT? 69 /// Adam Yang aka YETI VALHALLA //

SUP BROS?

// Japan WUT? 69 /// Adam Yang aka YETI VALHALLA // SUP BROS?

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Adam Jang, frontman of YETI VALHALLA, calls in from Vietnam to talk about how he made a living playing and recording music through the pandemic and how a knife-wielding, drug addicted Mountain Man inspired the song Mountain Man, which is featured on the podcast.

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Adam Jang: Official Site / Facebook Page / Instagram

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