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… We deep dive on Facial Recognition Tech in Kyushu, Japan re-emerging as a chip hub, and how China’s scorched-earth policy in its real-estate market could be part of the Supply Chain Wars. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times.

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TOPIC LIST

IT'S OMGWTF!

Watch that melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000

SOCIETY 5.0

Marubeni tests facial recognition payments on local transportation on Kumamoto city streetcars

Trial/NEC collaboration “face recognition” demonstration experiment

Facial recognition cash register is efficient as you can pay by looking into the camera for 1-2 seconds...Trial HD and NEC

Facial recognition for unmanned hotels Hotels are opening one after another in central Miyazaki City

JAPAN BUSINESS

Japanese investors raise a glass to Nikkei record

Outbound tourism still low after COVID-19, inbound recovers

CHINA

China's central bank buys 10 tonnes of gold, extending its buying spree to 15 straight months

China to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway to move minerals

Is the CCP Deliberately Undermining China's Economy?