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? Follow the Podcast: X / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com 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