Japan Wut 153 "AI GOBBLEDYGOOK‪"‬ JAPAN WUT? Podcast

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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

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