Japan Wut 114 "Surveilling Surveillance"

Japan Wut 114 "Surveilling Surveillance"

Matt Bigelow

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… We deliver our boots on the ground report from Japan’s biggest tech event — CEATEC. We also analyze some of the Israel/Gaza war protests that are occurring in Japan, plus an investigation into Japan’s menopausal women engaging in the costly act of “Doctor Shopping”. Strap in! It’s only getting weirder from here. Just look around you.

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Notes for Show 114

HIGH NOT HIGH

• What causes menopausal women in Japan to go 'doctor shopping'?

NEW PRODUCT

• In Japan 1st, cash register-free 'walk through' food store to open in Yokohama

WAR

• 'Stop the war!': 300 protest in Fukuoka against attacks on Gaza

• NHK reporters in the Gaza Strip detail ongoing horrors | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

• S Korea, U.S. and Japan hold first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in face of N Korean threats

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia’s top diplomat in Pyongyang

SOCIETY 5.0

• Editorial: Poor data management led to 9 million info leak cases at Japan telecom firm

• Railway firms turn to AI to shake up lost property search

• AI capable of conversation, labor on display at trade show

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PHOTOS FOR SHOW 114 — INCLUDING CONTENT FROM SEATEC 2023

Japan Wut 112 "Disabled Metaverse"

Japan Wut 112 "Disabled Metaverse"

Matt Bigelow

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ON THIS INSTALLMENT…

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… We cover Luxury Cars in Your Apartment, the Israeli Ambassador to Japan getting angry about Japanese media coverage of the Israel/Gaza Conflict, Taiwan’s lack of military volunteers despite what’s on the horizon, and a Metaverse for the Disabled being trialled in Tokyo. It’s either WAR, or WEIRD. Strap in.

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SHOW NOTES

NEW PRODUCT

• For a price, new condo owners can drive into the living room

WAR

• ISRAEL AMBASSADOR to Japan, Gilad Cohen, discusses Japan Media Coverage about Hamas/Israel

• Mei Shigenobu

• Fusako Shigenobu

• What if North Korea stages military drills with Russia and China?

• Active service in #Taiwan's armed forces has dropped

• Russia’s foreign minister to visit N. Korea amid claims of weapons supplied to Moscow

• Putin’s visit to Beijing underscores China’s economic and diplomatic support for Russia

SOCIETY 5.0

• Tokyo ward tests ‘metaverse’ office for disabled, seeks full support by FY 2028

• CyberLink’s facial recognition receives South Korean cybersecurity certification

• AI chatbot giving farmers tool to help navigate changing world

• Microsoft opens 'AI innovation lab' in Kobe in Japan-first

• Zengin interbank system restored after 2 days of transfer chaos

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Photos for show 112