JAPAN WUT? Podcast

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Who goes to Ikea on a Japan vacation? Can Japan escape the G7 supply chain woes? What does the future of the Japanese convenience store look like?

Show Notes

JAPAN

Harassment by boss top reason for job leavers to turn to Tokyo quitting agency: survey

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japanese company denies making Hezbollah's exploding walkie-talkies

SOCIETY 5.0

No one is on board...! Japan's first successful experiment in "unmanned" jet skis

Lawson and KDDI's "convenience store of the future" is now fully operational, with AI cameras on the shelves and robots stocking the shelves, aiming to address labor shortages and other issues

Japanese convenience store plans to increase shoppers’ phone data capacity just for visiting

Kyoto City introduces AI camera system to detect when infants are sleeping face down to prevent suffocation and sudden death

Measures to ease traffic congestion at Miyajimaguchi: AI cameras to broadcast congestion status online in November in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Tobu Railway and Hitachi to introduce "biometric authentication" at 100 locations including hotels and trains

Osaka Gas Network operates gas pipe patrol services on Shinki bus routes. AI cameras improve productivity and safety quality

Japan’s NVIDIA-backed Sakana AI raises $214m

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

UNIQLO Founder Stirs Heated Debate on What's Best for Japan's Workforce of the Future

Why is the Japanese government sending drones into the Suicide Forest? Are foreign cars equipped with cameras and radars monitoring domestic military assets? Would you put your kids on a self-driving bus?

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SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

Ostrich endeavor ensuring Yoshinoya can meet demand for meat

SOCIETY 5.0

Drones patrol the Aokigahara forest at night, detecting people and "dissuading suicide attempts"... Yamanashi Prefecture to start this month

マッチングアプリ、マイナカードで「年収」も証明可能に--河野氏「安心して婚活できる」と導入呼びかけ（CNET Japan） - Yahoo!ニュース

NEC uses AI to analyze trustworthiness of information and support fact-checking

Automatic runs to start on Joetsu Shinkansen Line in fiscal 2028

Japan retail chain Nojima president offers advice via AI alter ego

Saikai City Hall tests the usefulness of "Varigoodkun," an AI for local governments. Achieves reduction of 2,072 hours of work time in just two months

PKSHA and Osaka Metro jointly develop "AI monitoring system" that detects white canes and wheelchairs to strengthen customer monitoring system

"THE PILLOW" offers comfortable sleep with "pillow x AI" and opens official store on Rakuten Ichiba

Supporting rapid evacuation in the event of a disaster, a disaster prevention service for local governments using facial recognition has been developed. Total support for evacuation shelter management by notifying each resident of evacuation shelters and using facial recognition to enter and exit the shelters.

Facial recognition payment system installed at school dormitory stores, financial education to warn against overspending
Facial recognition payment available at Nissen High School Joyo Bank and Hitachi Finance/DX Education Ibaraki

Introducing the latest AI camera… Capturing smartphone users while driving

Why BYD is adopting Huawei's autonomous driving technology

Junior high school students test drive "self-driving bus" on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa

"Draft opinion completed in one minute"... "Legal AI" shakes up legal profession in South Korea

Instantaneous decision on six types of medicine: AI to improve medical efficiency and extend healthy lifespan

Max von Schuler, best-selling author, war historian, and former intelligence asset, joins the podcast to discuss the current challenges facing Japan’s Self Defense Forces on the ground, in the sea, and up in the air.

Max’s YouTube HERE, Books HERE

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Justin Aukema, a researcher who writes extensively on Japan’s history with capitalism, joins the podcast to discuss the dark and shady aspects of “New Capitalism” -- The ties to the green movement, technocracy, and government control.

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Substack: https://justinaukema.substack.com/

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SHOW NOTES

Investing in People for a New Form of Capitalism (JGOV Website)

Japan confronts the problem of ‘mega solar’

Selling out the Nation to “Save the Planet”

Michael Yon (site), a world leading war correspondent, conflict researcher and adventurer joins the podcast to talk about having purpose in a chaotic world, his assessment of Japan after a 4-month stint, and about a 40-day fast he recently completed in Okinawa, Japan.

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Is Japan collapsing its rice production on purpose? Can you run from an AI Drone Cop? Would you inject an AI Biological Agent into your veins?

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SHOW NOTES

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japanese gov't appeals for calm as panic rice buying continues

Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages, soaring prices despite normal crops?

Scallop industry overcomes crisis triggered by China import ban

Japan to reportedly subsidize firms to develop supply chain, independent of China in SEA

China, Russia plot course for Arctic cooperation, shipping routes to counter West

Post-pandemic global supply chain turmoil might still ruin Christmas

India and Japan Sign Landmark Green Ammonia Export Agreement

Japan steelmakers to invest in Australian mine for stable coal supply

JAXA Forms Special Team to Protect Earth from Asteroids

SOCIETY 5.0

Govt to Develop AI-Equipped Drones to Identify Suspicious People in Disaster-Hit Areas

Turkish engineers-developed AI system ‘Covision’ deployed in Japan

Startups and tech giants lead new era of Korea-Japan cooperation

BostonGene Showcases AI-Powered Multiomics Platform at the 22nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Digital Pathology in 2024

Sompo Enhances Digital Transformation with Palantir's AI Solutions

List of car models and features that allow hands-off driving (latest version 2024) Toyota, Honda, Nissan...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Sees Surging Demand for a Special Type of A.I. Hardware

ON PODCAST 176

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Do you want IoT Trash Cans in your neighborhood? How can hackers easily exploit Solar Farms? Why are Japan’s Facial Recognition Condos selling so well?

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SHOW NOTES

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

More migrant workers heading to South Korea instead of Japan

SOCIETY 5.0

IoT smart trash cans that help reduce waste in cities Low environmental impact and can be installed anywhere

Solar Power Systems Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks via IoT: Cases of Fraudulent Transfers Emerge

Google to offer "AI Overviews" of web searches in Japan and elsewhere

Hitachi and NEC look at biometric authentication for cash register payments -- what are the aims and how will it become more widespread?

[All-Facial Recognition Apartment] Crecia IDZ Chiyoda Iwamotocho Investment Condominium Units Sold Out (PR TIMES)

"Towards the world's most interesting fisheries industry" Re:Start Fisheries Invested in Ribble Co., Ltd.

Turing develops "Terra," Japan's first generative world model for autonomous driving

Yokohama National University develops smart motion recognition system integrating stretchable devices and AI

China's growing 'robotaxi' fleet sparks concern, wonder on streets

INSANE Wuhan ROBO Taxi (Why the US don't have this?)

Why would a Mexican man try and canoe from Japan to Taiwan illegally? Which companies are striving for AI Dominance in Japan? Should Japan trust its AI Education Programs to Microsoft and Google?

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SHOW NOTES

INDO-PACIFIC CONFLICT

Mexican man found stranded on Senkaku Islands referred to prosecutors

China accuses Philippines of deliberately crashing one of its ships into a Chinese vessel

SOCIETY 5.0

電動キックボードの米Limeが日本参入　都内で2000台 - 日本経済新聞

Over 80% of people surveyed in Japan don't want to use ride-sharing services

Less than 20% of Japanese firms using generative AI: survey

Japan city uses AI to find students at risk of school refusal

Japan Enhances AI Sovereignty With Advanced ABCI 3.0 Supercomputer

SoftBank courts TSMC for AI chip project after talks with Intel fell apart - report

JILA ponders AI legal risks and regulations

https://smart-governance.co.jp/en/

Hearings with Microsoft and Google to revise generative AI guidelines for schools

Is migration to Japan being psyoped? Have you ever seen an AI Camera, even though they are everywhere? If China is so dangerous, why are all of our corporation doing endless amounts of business there?

SHOW NOTES

DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION

Mining atomic bomb material: The remorse of a Congolese asylum seeker in Japan

Japan police make warning flyer in English after 4 foreigners drown

SOCIETY 5.0

"AI Guardman® for Solar Systems" thoroughly protects solar power generation facilities from theft of metal cables, protecting large sites at low cost

Demonstration of "MachiSpo," an initiative aimed at revitalizing local communities through sports digital transformation, begins in Kamitonda Town

Making Aichi a leading city in open innovation. Interview with the CEO of "STATION Ai," Japan's largest startup support center

Valor begins AI automatic ordering for prepared foods using SoftBank's "Sakimil"

Self-driving buses to maintain public transport: Possibilities explored for daily life transportation in Kamaishi

China's self-driving EV "PIX Moving" and Japan's TIS establish joint venture in Tokyo

SUPPLY CHAIN WARS

Japan to open U.S.-inspired defense tech research center in October

Japan floating robo-ships to meet China's sea challenge

Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense (@IndoPac_Info) on X

Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening

What was “New Capitalism” and why was it destined to fail? Why is Japan’s SDF utilizing AI for war? Will ad companies use chatbots to drive sales by targeting lonely women?

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SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

Japan's state debt tops 1,300 tril. yen for 1st time

Kishida championed 'new capitalism' but was undone by yen

SOCIETY 5.0

Academics, startup release AI tool that makes ukiyo-e

https://huggingface.co/spaces/SakanaAI/Evo-Ukiyoe

Tokyo deploys AI to detect fires, collapses for rapid quake response

DEMO - スマートアイランド｜離島と企業の出会いが、日本の未来を変える。

Ministry touts AI as tool to assist SDF members in operation (2 tier ai society)

East Japan city, others collaborate to develop dementia prevention AI service for elderly

https://starley.co.jp/

AI Cotomo Concept Movie