Should Japan turn to tech or migrants to plug its draining demographics? How do Japan’s AI markets compare to China’s? Is the US trying to force a change in the Japan alliance?

MIGRATION / POPULATION DECLINE

Number of Japanese Births Continues to Fall in 2024

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan brushes aside US demand to boost defense budget to 3% of GDP

Trump Japan Comment

Trump accuses Japan of currency manipulation, hints at tariffs

China and Russia Expand Cooperation on Antarctic Drilling

A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific

China Increases Bases with Missiles Capable of Striking All of Japan; Satellite Images Show Possibility of Further Facilities in Future

Japan Commissions Fourth Taigei-class Submarine

Wary of China, Vietnam to Buy Two Spy Satellites From Israel

SOCIETY 5.0

BYD to smash price with autonomous driving, "Level 2+" EV in the 1 million yen range

DJI and Car Manufacturer BYD Introduce Lingyuan – An Integrated Drone/Car Solution

China's first AI hospital town debuts

AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt

Japan researchers develop highly sensitive scent-tracking drone using moth antenna

Arakawa Ward to purchase 220 million yen for new security cameras starting next month, with AI facial recognition to help locate lost children and elderly people

Launch of "AI threat camera" installation service to combat vehicle theft

"Next-generation salad vending machine" with AI-adjusted prices installed at Kyoto City Hall Station. Achieving both food waste reduction and health consciousness.

Seven Bank ATMs' facial recognition "FACE CASH" aims to make ATMs a "telephone counter"

The next-generation convenience store "min•naka" created by "Reiwa Tiger" President Iguchi has adopted the facial recognition system "FACE-SYSTEM"!

Telecube, TOPPAN Edge and two other companies have launched "CloakOne Gate," a gate-type face recognition system using an all-weather movable booth.

Migaro HD---Facial recognition platform "FreeiD" collaborates with facial recognition device "Knoctoi Lite"

Keio Electric Railway conducts demonstration experiment of autonomous driving on the Inokashira Line