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… We discuss “Convenience Store Fashion Shows,” how stagnant Japanese bureaucracies hell-bent on SDGs are sucking the life force out Japan’s AI markets, and a potential refugee crisis brewing just outside of Japanese shores. Strap in. You are living in interesting times.

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Show Notes for Show 123

NEW PRODUCT

FamilyMart hits the runway with ‘Convenience Wear’ lineup

SOCIETY 5.0

TOKURA Masakazu Chairman, Keidanren and Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Japan’s rural areas are depopulating – could a circular economy deliver local economic revitalization? Renewable resourcing // Collaboration and holistic approach

Circular Economy in Japan Circular Economy case studies in Japan

Coming Soon: Your Travel Will Be Restricted By Personal Carbon Allowances

Japan to introduce electronic arrest warrants, interrogation records

草取りの解決で、農業に革命が起きる。雑草対策ロボット開発 - さくマガ

田んぼの除草 (video)

Toyota Hydrogen Factory Scaling Up Its European Activities

Nvidia to work with SoftBank, other Japan firms to push AI research

AI-generated imaging using brain activity hits record 75% accuracy: Japan research

Half of hospitals see no merit in My Number health insurance cards: survey

WAR

Japan's frontier islanders decry lack of gov't plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack

Hundreds of #Chinese Ships Gather Near the #Philippines

Japan would play a key supporting role: expert

JAPAN

Japan backs tripling global nuclear energy by 2050 

Japan PM vows to phase out coal-fired power at climate summit

Kobe Illuminage

'Roads are for people': Tokyo taxi driver arrested for allegedly running over pigeon

NPO Director Gets 8 Months in Jail Over Organ Transplants; Arranged Surgeries in Belarus for Japanese Patients