Japan’s new emergency drones, Japanese surgeons using AI while digging around in your guts, and how China might be using TikTok algos to fuel resentment in the Supply Chain Wars. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. SHOW NOTES WUT Japan bullet trains host wrestling, dining events in new travel trend JAPAN Honda logs record annual profits on hybrid sales, weak yen Tokyo police to set up 24-hour lost and found lockers SOCIETY 5.0 KDDI to deploy drones at 1,000 Japan locations to aid disaster relief More stores in Japan using AI for discounts, other purposes to combat food loss Tokyo startup devises AI system to help with endoscopic surgery Keidanren in call to make Japan an ‘AI, robotics powerhouse’  | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis US, Japan universities and tech giants Amazon, Nvidia partner on privacy-respecting AI Making global efforts to realize ‘Society 5.0’ Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI Mapping The Number Of AI Startups By Country Startup grows sea alga to slash greenhouse gas in cattle burps CHINA Chinese buoy in East China Sea remains a thorn in Japan’s side China Ships Reefs Students largely sympathize with Hamas, get most war info from TikTok: shocking survey TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal Japan defense chief urges higher security after drone video of warship posted on China social media