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JAPAN WUT PODCAST 210 "TECHNOCRACY AT OSAKA EXPO"

Chappie (@Chapmano_TV) joins the podcast to discuss his boots on the ground analysis of the Osaka Expo 2025, and how it may be a training ground for our technocratic future. Do you want to live in a cashless society where the advanced technology is sequestered by the elites, the plebs are forced to eat soymeat okonomiyaki burgers, and everything is tracked by Blackrock-funded blockchain companies real time?

SHOW NOTES

Osaka Expo 2025 Society 5.0 and SDG Goals

Digitalized Osaka Expo Troubling Elderly Visitors

Future of aerial CO2 capture tech on display at Osaka Expo

Up to 200 people affected by Uzbek pavilion data leak at Osaka Expo

Self-driving bus at Osaka expo has minor collision with wall

'Flying car' demo flight canceled at Osaka Expo due to broken parts

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 209 "THE UNCONNECTED CONNECTED"


Why are Japan’s automakers doing so poorly? Is it wise for Japan to use seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine? How will facial recognition be used to personalize your cancer medication?

SHOW NOTES

JAPAN 

Nissan to post biggest ever loss in fiscal 2024 amid restructuring

Toyota truck arm Hino posts record net loss for FY 2024 on data fraud

Quality scandal sends Toyota global output down for 1st time in 4 years

Mazda to seek early retirement volunteers as industry shifts

China's fast-growing EV makers pursuing varied routes to global expansion

BYD to introduce mini EV model designed for Japan in 2026

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Moscow slams 'treacherous' Japanese loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets

U.S. Deploys Anti-Ship Missiles Near Taiwan in the Luzon Strait

Japanese warships dock at Cambodia's Chinese-renovated naval base

China Tests Novel Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb - Generates Intense Fireball

China's Huawei to mass-produce new AI chips - sources

SOCIETY 5.0 

US unicorn venture ElevenLabs establishes Japanese subsidiary to strengthen Japanese language support for voice generation AI and as base for expansion into Asia

With Al removing accents

Artificial Intelligence in Telemedicine Market Projected to Grow from $18.7B to $157.3B by 2033, with CAGR of 26.7% Over Next 10 Years to Power Telemedicine and Diagnostic Solutions

NEC establishes secure cancer vaccine manufacturing process using facial recognition technology that does not store facial information

Japan's NTT Data partners with OpenAI to offer AI business tools

AI experiment to ease traffic congestion: Cameras detect vehicles and encourage detours 

New bill to promote AI development and utilization passed by House of Representatives plenary session, heads to House of Councillors

British self-driving AI company Wave opens development center in Yokohama, exploring collaboration with Japanese manufacturers

Turing, an autonomous driving tech company, borrows 1.3 billion yen from Mizuho Bank

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 208 "MECHANIZED PTERODACTYLUS FROM THE FUTURE"


Is the Osaka Expo being used as a technocratic training ground? How can supply chains can be weaponized asymmetrically? Would you talk to an AI-resurrected family member at their funeral?

SHOW NOTES

JAPAN DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION 

Japan’s Population Declines for Fourteenth Straight Year: Over-75 Cohort Continues to Grow

Japan faces severe shortage of carpenters as home prices soar

Teacher helps Myanmar people learn Japanese, escape hardships

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan 'deeply concerned' about global economic fallout from Trump's trade tariffs: Kato

Japan protests to Russia over ship restrictions near disputed islands

China says it detected salmonella in imported American poultry meats and bone meal

SOCIETY 5.0 / AI MARKETS

Osaka-Kansai Expo to be a springboard for widespread adoption of cashless payments and facial recognition

AI revives the deceased: new services emerge, even for funerals

Seven Bank's ATM facial recognition service strengthens measures against deep fakes and launches a year late

Waymo, which has begun to slowly roll out in Japan as a self-driving taxi

Shocking facts revealed in an experiment where an AI agent books a hotel room: How does an AI view online ads?

"That's what an AI agent will do": The background to hosting an AI agent hackathon at AWS Summit Japan 2025

DXYZ Introduces Facial Recognition Platform "FreeiD" to Chuetsu Pulp Industry's Tokyo Headquarters

AI semiconductors evolve surveillance cameras: NTT develops new camera that can detect up to 150 meters ahead

4 arrested in Japan for selling explicit AI-created posters

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 207 “TREACHEROUS A.I. DOGS”

Where are the treacherous A.I. dogs coming from? How do N. Korean IT scams affect Japan? Are Japan’s business leaders asleep at the wheel?

ECONOMY 

Japan bankruptcies in FY2024 top 10,000

SUCKERS & TRAITORS

2 Japanese men suspected of aiding N. Korean IT impersonator

Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan MoD and MHI sign contract for the development of new standoff missile

U.S. forces to deploy large reconnaissance drones in southern Japan

SOCIETY 5.0 

'Firms asleep at the wheel won't survive': Biz leaders sound alarm on Japan's global decline

Fukui Prefecture uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify cracks and holes in roads to reduce the burden of maintenance

Bird Buddy, a smart home company, has launched the "Smart Feeder Pro," a smart bird watching camera equipped with high-performance AI.

Airports begin testing self-driving buses and facial recognition boarding systems

J21: Launch of retrofit side collision warning system combining radar and AI camera

TOPPAN Edge, Sinumy, and Mitsubishi HC Capital

begin demonstration experiments of smart authentication that combines face recognition and proprietary Bluetooth® technology

Salary payments via cashless apps struggle to gain traction in Japan

Japan Airlines’ new AI app will make it easier for cabin attendants to report inflight events with Microsoft’s Phi‑4 small language model

Manefo to introduce AI agent to improve business efficiency for small and medium-sized businesses

Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China

Remote Access Backdoor Discovered in Chinese Robot Dog Unitree Go1

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 206 "DIGITAL BOOMERS"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 205 "AI ATMOSPHERIC CONSCIOUSNESS"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 204 "AI EXTRACTORS"

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