ON PODCAST 166 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Would you try AI beer girls? Why is PM Kishida’s administration so interested in NATO while China acts increasingly odd in a kind of hostile way? And what are the strange regulators doing with self-driving technology? What are they scared of? Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com JAPAN G7: Japan Signs $31 Billion Worth High-Speed Rail Project With India Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says Japan, Philippines sign defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China CHINA Japan confirms China set up buoy over its southern continental shelf Taiwan fishing boat seized by China Coast Guard off Kinmen DEDOLLAR/BITCOIN BRICS: Start of De-Dollarization, 52% Trade in China Settled in Yuan SOCIETY 5.0 Surprisingly cool: "There's only 1/3 of your beer left. Would you like a refill?" Generative AI checks how much food is left and suggests refills Gatebox develops "AI Organizer" for restaurants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNAfN62Gdc Developing high-definition sound visualization technology using high-speed cameras and AI Autonomous driving job listings fall 25.8% from previous month to 14,011, June 2024 survey Eight Knot, a startup developing autonomous ship technology, has been selected for Ehime Prefecture's "Triangle Ehime" digital implementation acceleration project for the third consecutive year Prime Minister Kishida wears "self-driving glasses"!? Year-round operation, expanded to 14 prefectures