Japan Wut 130 "AI Dream Reader"

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ON PODCAST 130…

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… We discuss a Japanese breakthrough AI-based technology that allows users to transmit their brain imagery, Japan’s issues with demographics, and dive into the Supply Chain Wars. Strap in — You are living in Interesting Times.

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SHOW NOTES EP. 130

IT'S NEW!

Lipton releases Pancake Tea Latte in Japan

SUPPLY CHAIN CHINA WAR

Weaponizing Biotech: How China's Military Is Preparing for a 'New Domain of Warfare'

Demand for shipments from China via rail through Russia has ‘skyrocketed’ since the Red Sea attacks

Taiwan to deploy drone defences around power plants amid fears of Chinese attack

Japan, Germany sign military supply-sharing pact amid China rise

SOCIETY 5.0

Japan scientists create world's 1st AI-generated images using brain activity

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

Governor in east Japan wants to abolish nationality requirement for prefecture gov't jobs

Tokyo bus operator banks on foreign drivers as shortage looms

Japan's foreign workers surpass 2m for first time, led by Vietnamese

CHONGRYON (JAPAN’S N. KOREANS)

"Wakayama Compatriots' Spring Gathering / Congratulations to the Youth in Their Twenties

New North Korean propaganda poster depicts tank crushing South Koreans

North Korean drones pose major risk to South Korean airports, lawmaker says

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Japan Wut 108 "Brain-Bio Digital Twins"

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… We cover how Japanese telecoms plan to turn your brains into digital twins, why the weak yen is attracting trashy tourists, and how the UN turns would be brilliant people into weirdos who want to make us eat bugs.

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SHOW NOTES

NEW PRODUCT

• Yamaha adopts wood-based reinforced resin for watercraft

SOCIETY 5.0

• Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier

• Quantum Computing Startup-Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Secures $8.5m Funding

• Japan to develop brain bio-digital twin technology 

• Japanese school students see how AI can help farming

Japan/DEMOGRAPHICS

• Shibuya mayor says 'Don't come' for Halloween

• Japan labor market set for change as huge worker shortage looms

• EDITORIAL: College student quota shortfalls threatening the nation’s future

• Chinese in Tokyo (Japanese Article)

• 86% of municipalities across Japan want more foreign workers: survey

• One in 10 Japanese are older than 80: gov't data

WAR

• Xi’s security obsession turns Chinese citizens into spy hunters

• Ukraine will ask Japan to help with anti-drone technology

• Japan-Britain defense cooperation pact to take effect in Oct

EAT THE BUGS

• Could crickets be the "optimal solution" to avoid food shortages? [Part 1] / Mr. Seiya Ashikari, representative of cricket food “Ecology”

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Japan WUT? 86 "Acrylic Screens of Fear"

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… Matt discusses a dumb new sleep aid for lonely folk, explains how to use CHAT GPT to help with established translation practices, more bug-eating weirdos, and DJO sends in a segment about how recording frequencies have changed to suit market (and other) needs.

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Show Links:

• Have a good night’s sleep with Goospy

• ASEAN nations meet, discuss dumping US Dollar, Euro for trade

• Yuan tops euro as Brazil's second currency in foreign reserves

• Foreign Residents in Japan Hit Record 3 M. at End of 2022

• Silkworm pupa "kaiko dumplings" created by Izumigaoka High School students

• Bear meat vending machine proves popular in north Japan city

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Photos: 1) Goospy Sleep Aid Product; 2) Bug Eaters; 3) Economic Data; 4) Economic Data; 5) Cover for “AI Super-Powers” by Kai Fu Lee; 6) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 7) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 8) Alleged criminal flips the bird; 9) Bear Meat Vending Machine; 10) Bear Meat Vending Machine [check photos for credits where available]

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CHAT GPT SONNET

The translations done, a sloppy disgrace

My eyes ablaze, I fumed with anger and hate

I tore apart the words, the grammar, the pace

And fixed the errors, with a rage that can't abate

I swapped "individual judgment" with "damn personal"

And "many people said" to "the crowd voiced loud"

No more damn vagueness, now sharp as a chisel

I made it crystal, with no chance to be bowed

"Silent food" now screams "eating without a word"

And "acrylic board" as "plastic screen of fear"

I've made these damn changes with a sense of revolt

For translations that lack sense, I shed no tear

No more damn slipshod work to be ever seen

With my fixes, I feel like a goddamn queen.

Japan WUT? 57

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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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53 "Footlong Smasher"

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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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Japan WUT? 50 "Welfare Media NOW!"

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In Episode 50

OneTwenty (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360) and Matt talk about pandemic cherry blossoms, people going out after the state of emergency, chocolate ramen, songs, a restaurant chain suing the government over lockdown measures, and we begin with COVID-19 Vaccine skepticism.

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Japan WUT? 37 "AI Nuclear Artfare" feat. Saku Yanagawa (comedian)

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After talking about nuclear warfare, Yasukuni Shrine, AI Art and political weirdos, comedian Saku Yanagawa (www.sakuyanagawa.com) joins the show to talk about the comedy world and how the coronavirus is affecting the industry and his plans to keep going.

We finish the show with taxi drivers cleaning graves, top ten companies of 2010 and 2020, and ramen face masks.

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Japan WUT? Podcast 30 "Insta-Swass"

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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? 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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Japan WUT? 23 "So Now WUT?" feat. Fuad from Kyoto Protocol

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With the newest episode, #23, of the @Japanwut we bring you an extended interview with the lead singer and guitarist Fuad Alhabshi from @kyotoband. He shares the secrets of taking an indie band from the local bar scene to the main stage at international music festivals, then switches gears to talk about the role Malaysia plays in the Asian economy and how Covid19 has changed it. We all learned quite a bit and you will too! Check it out!
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Mike Hannah, Fuad, and Matt catch Kyoto Protocol’s drummer Shan, while the GoOod Things rocks on.
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Japan WUT? 22 "The Insiders Yoke"

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In the latest episode of Japan WUT? Podcast with Matt Bigelow & Tom Melesky #22 Tom and Matt have had just about enough of this pandemic. Food deliveries are up. Travel is down. Is a second wave coming? If so, how can we save our favorite music dive bars (and other venues like Rosso 198). We discuss how to galvanize a musical community with Mickey Acorn as well as his fundraising project for LIVE HOUSE ANGA (千葉アンガ) with Sen City Records

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Japan WUT? 21 "FM Ruh Ruh Radio"

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Episode #21 of Japan Wut? has just dropped so check it out now! After listening to some tracks By the Syamisenist and the Molice, we discuss our show’s first major shout-out. Then we speak to Mike Rogers about what goes on behind the scenes with his immensely successful Mike Rogers show and new Color Red Radio. Plus, new COVID19 acronyms, opinions on celebrity prank shows, guilty pleasure snacking, and sexist mayors.

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Japan WUT? 19 "Telecasters!"

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Just because we are podcasting remotely does not mean we are merely "phoning it in"! Far from it -- we revamped the studio and made it Corona Compatible, friends! Jingles? Check. Music? Check. Call-in Guest Taylor Mignon from Tokyo Poetry Journal (https://www.topojo.com/)? Big Check! We talk about how Tokyo is faring with the Corona Lockdowns, Spies on Social Media, play music by Badger Line, Taylor Mignon, and Matt Bigelow releases his new song "Patio". We also cover how people react to Corona Vocabulary indicates which newspapers they read. And try to understand how the virus is affecting our global supply chain.

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Japan WUT? 18 "Corona Why-Us?"

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We begin by playing songs by "Slow Wolves Club" and "LifeGarden", then discuss alternative terminology to "Social Distancing". We then review contaminated Corona testing kits in the supply chain. Justin Sachs from More than Music (http://morethanmusic.jp/) calls in to discuss pivoting his business plan during a lockdown on fun. We then play music by Tokyo Sapiens, and discuss an AI to predict Corona's Wet Lung, Giant Pigs, and a very lucky Foolish Foreigner.

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Japan WUT? 17 "Hanami SHNANAMI!"

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Cherry Blossoms Canceled! Is the CoronaVirus Part of the Flat Earth Movement with the Big Discus Corporations Acting as Rogue Agents of the IOC to Cancel the Olympics?!?!?!

Guest Jon Heese calls in to discuss the inside baseball of his Political Career as a Foreigner in Japanese Government and how the Government is Dealing with COVID-19/Wuhan Flu. Read More About Jon here: “If you ever wanted to know how you too can become a politician”

We end the show by discussing what musicians can do to spice up their online concerts, and some of the real numbers behind the CoronaVirus Deaths -- it's not as scary as you think, but take the appropriate precautions.

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Japan WUT? 16 "Boomer Lamps"

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Boomers and their boomer lamps. Is the Wuhan Flu a Psy-Op? Japanese Olympics Representatives Get COVID-19 in Amsterdam (wink wink). Cherry Blossoms CANCELLED AFTER being DECLARED. A new song by Ryan Boiselle(https://www.facebook.com/ryan.boisselle.7). Using Coronavirus Downtime to study new music promotion on social platforms. Doing Commercials on the fly. PLUS A HOT AIR BALLOON!

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Japan WUT? 15 "Cyborg Donator"

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Intro: Self-Quarantining and Day Drinking by yourself are the same thing, right? Making Fake News and Believing Fake News is OK, right?

Guest: Sean Anderson, part of the Crystal Hunters Manga team (https://crystalhuntersmanga.com), calls in to discuss disrupting English Education with Kick-Ass Manga.
Tech etc: We also talk about AI Computer Vision in the Ocean, and a Woman Who Stuffed Her Bra With Drugs. Featured Musical Guests are Matt Hogan and Takashi Umemiya and the Comrades. Plus a song by yours truly, Matt Bigelow.

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Japan WUT? 14 "Toilet Paper Pandemania 2020"

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Foreigner Perspective on Japan with Zero Insight. Guaranteed. Keeping Corona Free, Indeed! Like, Subscribe, and Leave a Comment お願いします。 Matt talks about making money while not working, Tom plays a Molice song with a big hangover. Andrew Holtby of "Off Beat Photography" (Link) calls in to talk about hosting music sessions in Tokyo. So what is made in Wuhan, China, the center of the CoronaVirus rocking the world? We did the research and the amount is shocking. To end the show we play "Criminal or Not Criminal" with a bicycle man.

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Japan WUT? 13 "Just Bangin"

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Foreigner Perspective on Japan with Zero Insight. Guaranteed. We discuss how the Corona Virus is impacting the music scene and logistics. Professional Pianist Evan Wish ( https://twitter.com/EvanWishPianist) calls in from Los Angelas to talk about going from Canadian dirtbiker to being an LA pro musician, as well as how the Corona Virus is affecting his Japan Tour. Other topics included drinking, toys, and a Laudromat that has its own app for the IoT Japan Society 5.0.

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Japan WUT? 12 "Community Dictator"

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Foreigner Perspective on Japan with Zero Insight. Guaranteed. What to do with passive aggressive pedestrians peddling power moves? What about establishing a Circuit of Clubs for gaijins to tour? What is the band "Tibetan Sky" (call in from Alex from "Tibetan Sky")? What are some of the hottest upcoming shows? What did Professor Kentaro Iwata have to say about the Diamond Princess? How did the government respond? How do you keep safe? WE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS! We are Japan's number 1 podcast. Lifestyle, Art, Community, Music, and Technology. Zero Insight. Guaranteed. DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/japanwut DONATE: bitcoincash:qzks8qlxrdd3usmltcs6l7m9sqmeg8czrq4pnvgcl3

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