ON PODCAST 166 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Asia is going through a dynamic shift in power, with the rise of China on one side, and pull of America on the other. Looking forward, what does this mean economically, technologically, and culturally? Joining the podcast from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is Fuad Alabaster, the Executive Director at Halogen Capital, which offers secure and innovative crypto investment solutions. Fuad is also the lead vocalist for the band, Kyoto Protocol.  Fuad and Matt...

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...

The items connecting our wireless AI networks into our daily lives are being iterated, so what does that mean? The supply chains are being reformed. How does that affect you and your family’s future? Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com SOCIETY 5.0 OPTiM has announced "OPTiM Taglet," an AI-based camera app for automatically creating reports. Supports work reports by simply taking a photo Announcement of the release of a...

Self-Driving Car startups are seeing massive cash injections in Japan, but can they deliver the goods? The BRICS plan on launching a new blockchain gold-backed currency, called the UNIT. What does this mean for Japan and the G7 Economy, which is hellbent on minority issues and riding the tailcoats of its past? DEPOPULATION Meiji Yasuda Life to extend retirement age to 70 amid labor shortage SOCIETY 5.0 Aichi Prefecture to start regular operation of self-driving vehicles in Nagoya City from...

ON PODCASt 163 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Japan ramps up its defensive shipbuilding, but is China now too far ahead? There’s an AI race for Japan Cancer Treatment and Toilet Predictions, with billions invested from around the world. And why was Klaus Schwab visiting the Japanese Govt on July 1st, 2024? Show Notes SECURITY AND DEFENSE Japan’s MHI Launches Ninth Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate for JMSDF Retired major's chilling warning over China's chokehold on US military The Senkaku...

Weaponized Drones to make more appearances in Asia Wars — Are the drones up to snuff? And rewarding engineers who can track people from place to place in AI camera networks — What’s that all about?Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes SUPPLY CHAIN WAR Marcos says Philippines won't be intimidated amid China row Nissan to close auto plant in China amid intensifying EV price war 200 mil. tons of rare metal rocks...

ON PODCAST 161 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Are countries using AI War Divisions to sow dissent and interrupt trade agreements with unfriendly countries? Are “flash mobs” now being weaponized by AI War Divisions? Why are cities working with each other to make net zero policies, when nobody voted for them to do that? WEIRD CORNER Arms factory invaders told they caused £1million in damage Nippon Aircraft Supply Corp. to sever ties with Israel’s Elbit Systems SOCIETY 5.0 Zero Emission Tokyo...

While Japan’s crematoriums are under the influence of Chinese money, Japan rolls out its AI crime prevention technology to Latin America, but is it too late to curb China’s expansion into the Pacific? Meanwhile, AI Country Music might end up as the real winner with a bevy of new Generated Stars. JAPAN Kanagawa Prefecture Aikawa Town: Three chicken coops burn down at a chicken farm, killing about 45,000 chickens (神奈川 愛川町 養鶏場で鶏舎３棟焼け約４万５０００羽死ぬ｜NHK 首都圏のニュース) Chinese money in Japanese...

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While tourists pump Yen into Japan, the Asian powerhouse’s economy falters in crucial areas, and major companies like Toyota and Honda are looking to Huawei for AI ideas as China gains ground in the Supply Chain Wars.  Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com

As Japan opens its doors to the world, the tech sector pushes ahead with crucial AI systems, but will the idealists bring it all crashing down? Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes JAPAN Hotels put up 13 million foreign guests across Japan in April SGOTW Chinese man suspected of spray-painting word 'toilet' at Yasukuni Shrine SOCIETY 5.0 Apple to allow iPhones to function as My Number cards "Facial recognition...

While Japan’s native population plummets, the newcomers are rising — but will conflict in the Indo-Pacific keep attracting people to Japan as other Asian nations like China and India become global tech hubs? Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com SHOW NOTES HMMM Kirin releases flavor-boosting spoon for low-sodium dishes DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION Ministry plans first survey on growing ranks of unclaimed dead | The Asahi...

Are Big Tech companies helping to create 2-tiered societies with AI laws? Which one are you in? Are Japanese activists halting the restarts of Nuke Plants by any means necessary? Or are they just NIMBYs? Why are Japan’s scientists aiming to create sperm cells in the lab with stem cells? Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com SHOW NOTES SOCIETY 5.0 AI companies make fresh safety...

Update on how Big Tech is working with Govts to create more AI Governance Laws, Japan’s Facial Recognition Door Handle, and how the Dedollorization Movement may have just accelerated and what that means for Japan. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. SHOW NOTES SOCIETY 5.0 South Korea and U.K. to host second global AI summit as boom fans risks SoftBank Corp to help call center workers by 'softening' angry customer calls with AI 1 month since ban ended, ride-hailing demand in...

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...

ON PODCAST 152 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Japan’s Space Debris Challenge, the expanding role of Facial Recognition in Japan, and Dedollorization with Japan’s Central Bank scrambling to uderstand why. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com SHOW NOTES STRANGE ITEM Japan startup reveals 'world's first' close-up space debris image COVID Japan discarding 240 mil. COVID vaccine doses, worth $4.3 bil. SOCIETY 5.0 Launch of edge...

Japan’s AI Bear Detection Tech, Japanese government to use Google and Microsoft for AI Governance, and China’s AI Laser Submarines. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com STRANGE TIMES Baby-crying sumo contest JAPAN Japan's ruling party loses all 3 seats in by-elections Japan, EU to boost economic security ties, reduce dependency on China India to surpass Japan as 4th-largest...

ON PODCAST 150 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Japan’s top-down strategies that insist on diversity in the country, Japan’s role in the Supply Chain Wars, and how Japan could get caught up in the Dedollarization Movement. Show Notes ODD JAPANESE ITEM Water-absorbing, quick-drying umbrella holder JAPAN Sony, Nature magazine create award for female researchers Seniors 75 and older top 20 million in Japan for the first time 'Understanding systemic discrimination' new students' 1st homework: U. of...

ON PODCAST 149 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Review of a new Japan paper detailing rising cancer rates in Japan post-Covid Jab, Self-Driving Buses in Japan, and Making Your Carbon FootPrint “FUN” at the Osaka Expo! Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes ODD NEWS World's 1st recycled diapers go on sale at stores in southwest Japan COVID Increased Age-Adjusted Cancer Mortality After the Third mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticle...

One of the world’s top War Correspondents, Michael Yon (X), joins the Japan Wut Podcast to talk about the anti-WHO Pandemic Treaty rallies in Japan, and how his analysis of being in the Darien Gap, the Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong and more applies to Japan’s current situation. Michael Yon has written a series of books to help the Japanese public understand modern day information war. He’s not in Japan to only view the cherry blossoms, folks. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. ...

Japan startup aims to overtake Tesla in the EV game, China escalates the Supply Chain War with more Blockchain Payments, and Japan is getting sucked deeper into the US’ Military Industrial Complex. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes SOCIETY 5.0 OpenAI to open its first Asia office in Tokyo this month Japan Rad develops "deepfake detection system"--provides beta...

ON PODCAST 146 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT The hotel industry jumps into AI monitoring, Japan’s iconic vending machines get an algorithm injection, and the Eet Ze Bugs industry takes their aim at fish. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes HIGH OR NOT HIGH Man arrested after pressing naked butt against water faucet in Tokyo park JAPAN Japan's February household spending falls 0.5%, down for 12th month Shizuoka...

Japan’s Shohei Ohtani bats against against an AI version of himself, and a deep dive on Japan’s positions in the Carbon Credit Trade by leveraging its AI systems in the Supply Chain Wars. Strap in — You are living in Interesting Times. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes SOCIETY 5.0 Japan considering legally binding regulations for AI developers New AI traffic project developed in Hungary, Turkey and...

ON PODCAST 144 DONATE: PAYPAL.ME/JAPANWUT Japan’s Computer Vision Companies, Underwater Drone Collaborations, and North Korean IT workers infiltrating Japanese companies ahead of China’s possible war on Taiwan. Strap in. You are living in Interesting Times. Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please share: matthewpmbigelow.com Show Notes NEW PRODUCTS Honda Unveils Japan's First Plug-In Rechargeable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Hydrogen vehicle filling...

Author and former US Navy Intelligence Officer Max von Schuler joins the podcast to discuss his books about informing the Japanese people about the coming collapse of America, and how that might affect Japan’s very tight economic and military relationship with the USA. Japan is playing a very dangerous game right now, and almost nobody knows it. Follow Max on X Watch Max on Youtube Buy Max’s books on Amazon Follow the Podcast: Twitter / Facebook Page / InstagramOfficial Website, please...