What are the benefits of transplanting pig organs into human fetuses in Japan? Why is Hiroshima introducing self-driving ships? Where are Japan's eco-youth activists getting their ideas? SHOW NOTES Youths argue for right to live on safe planet in climate suit against Japan firms Japan launches flagship H3 rocket carrying defense satellite NUCLEAR Reactor in Japan's 2011 disaster area halted just days after restart SOCIETY 5.0 Japan-1st organ 'xenotransplant' for fetuses with kidney disease proposed by research team Toyota, NTT to invest $3.3 billion on development of AI platform Rivasta develops a system that uses facial recognition to control entrance and exit using the technician's own smartphone Fukuoka greengrocer uses facial recognition to shut out shoplifters Autonomous driving and platooning BRT demonstration experiment Kubota increases yields with automated farm machinery, reducing base station position error to 3cm [Evening Scoop] Eight Knot, a startup developing autonomous ship operation technology, has signed an agreement with Osakikamijima Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, to introduce an autonomous passenger and cargo transport service and verify its effectiveness. India's TCS has thousands of engineers to build AI software for Japan GPS-equipped shoes that allow AI robots to pinpoint the location of wandering elderly people Promoting the appeal of nursing work Picking success rate of 94.5%... Toshiba develops new AI technology for logistics robots to automate logistics sites SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Japan gov't-backed agency opens Kyiv office to promote trade, business Wary of Japan's 'Asian NATO' proposal, neighboring countries stick with web of alternatives to deter China Japan and EU announce security and defense partnership CHINA Chinese navy holds first dual aircraft carrier drills in South China Sea China says it's ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday