Japan Wut 132 "Face in the Machine"

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ON PODCAST 132…

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… We discuss the status of Facial Recognition Technology in Japan, plans for Hydrogen Infrastructure for Japan, and some issues with migration and depopulation from a rational perspective. Strap in! You are living in Interesting Times.

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Show Notes for 132

IT'S OMGWTF!

Half-naked men doused with cold water on mad dash through Japan city in unique festival

SOCIETY 5.0

I tried Japan's first "facial recognition vending machine" | What is the background behind DyDo Drinko's development?

保育現場の膨大な手作業を自動化する「顔認証AI解錠システム」（BCN） - Yahoo!ニュース (Facial Recognition)

SUPPLY CHAIN

Japan to spur clean hydrogen production with $20bn in subsidies

U.S.-led Indo-Pacific supply chain deal to take effect on Feb. 24 ｜ Kyodo News

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

Osaka nursery going extra mile to stop Vietnamese kids falling behind

From violence to cost, Japanese egg farmer cites problems with foreign trainee program

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PHOTOS FOR 132

Japan Wut 111 "Data Captains"

ON THIS INSTALLMENT…

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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)