JAPAN WUT PODCAST 208 "MECHANIZED PTERODACTYLUS FROM THE FUTURE"

Is the Osaka Expo being used as a technocratic training ground? How can supply chains can be weaponized asymmetrically? Would you talk to an AI-resurrected family member at their funeral?SHOW NOTESJAPAN DEPOPULATION / MIGRATION Japan’s Population Declines for Fourteenth Straight Year: Over-75 Cohort Continues to GrowJapan faces severe shortage of carpenters as home prices soarTeacher helps Myanmar people learn Japanese, escape hardshipsSUPPLY CHAIN WARJapan 'deeply concerned' about global economic fallout from Trump's trade tariffs: KatoJapan protests to Russia over ship restrictions near disputed islandsChina says it detected salmonella in imported American poultry meats and bone mealSOCIETY 5.0 / AI MARKETSOsaka-Kansai Expo to be a springboard for widespread adoption of cashless payments and facial recognitionAI revives the deceased: new services emerge, even for funeralsSeven Bank's ATM facial recognition service strengthens measures against deep fakes and launches a year lateWaymo, which has begun to slowly roll out in Japan as a self-driving taxiShocking facts revealed in an experiment where an AI agent books a hotel room: How does an AI view online ads?"That's what an AI agent will do": The background to hosting an AI agent hackathon at AWS Summit Japan 2025DXYZ Introduces Facial Recognition Platform "FreeiD" to Chuetsu Pulp Industry's Tokyo HeadquartersAI semiconductors evolve surveillance cameras: NTT develops new camera that can detect up to 150 meters ahead4 arrested in Japan for selling explicit AI-created posters