JAPAN WUT PODCAST 194 "SMART POLE SWINGER"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 194 "SMART POLE SPINNER"

Matt Bigelow

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Why are smart poles being installed in Tokyo’s core? America and China are engaged in AI kill chains, but where does Japan fit in? Would you live in Toyota’s experimental smart city?

SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

Tokyo snake cafe hopes to dispel fears, spread reptiles' charm with 2025 zodiac

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Kill chain clash: China and US battle for all-domain supremacy

Japan links Chinese hacker MirrorFace to dozens of cyberattacks targeting security and tech data

SOCIETY 5.0

Tokyo Smart Pole Project (2023)

Hakodateyama: AI cameras are being used to visualize the surrounding area's congestion

Toyota’s experimental smart city nearly ready to roll

Vacant Houses AI (Grok Message)

TVI releases AI-equipped omnidirectional camera capable of recording 360 degrees

Updated "AI Fish Size Measurement Camera" function to display the number of fish caught in real time and streamline the work of fish farmers

[Electronic Components General Feature] High Tech Focus: Kyocera improves productivity of AI and robots through sensing

Nikken Academy introduces face recognition attendance management system--supported by Sanshin Electronics

[Facial Recognition Apartment] Versclesia IDZ Machiya Residential Condominium Units Sold Out

Microsoft expects to spend $80 bil on AI this fiscal year

Japan Wut 102 "Hydrogen High"

Japan Wut 102 "Hydrogen High"

Matt Bigelow

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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 96 "AI Lingerie"

Japan Wut 98 "AI Lingerie"

Matt Bigelow

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… Matt discusses Japanese AI Lingerie fails, a WEF Report on Women’s Brains in Japan, and how super-technical Japan is full of bellyflops when it comes to paperless infrastructure.

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• U.S., Taiwan, Japan drone fleets to share real-time data: report

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• Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile

• Okinawa police arrest US sailor, Marine on suspicion of trespassing on balconies

• Stress due to gender issues affecting size of women’s brains

• World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan

• Individual shown wrong person's pension info on Japan's 'My Number' portal site (CHECK PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL HEADLINES)

• Japan making efforts to bridge digital divide between young, elderly

• Toyota puts liquid hydrogen-powered car into 24-hour race

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• Toyota puts liquid hydrogen-powered car into 24-hour race

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