JAPAN WUT? Podcast
Japan news analysis, AI market trends from Tokyo, odd Japanese products, and rising conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Wut 108 "Brain-Bio Digital Twins"
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⦠We cover how Japanese telecoms plan to turn your brains into digital twins, why the weak yen is attracting trashy tourists, and how the UN turns Japanās would be brilliant engineers into weirdos who want to make us eat bugs.
SHOW NOTES
NEW PRODUCT
Yamaha adopts wood-based reinforced resin for watercraft
SOCIETY 5.0
Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier
Quantum Computing Startup-Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Secures $8.5m Funding
Japan to develo...
Japan Wut 107 "Smartphone Toilets"
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⦠Matt discusses smartphone toilets, ingrained double-think, and why weāre told by the elites to blame everything on Putin.
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SHOW NOTES FOR EP 107
NEW PRODUCT
Flush by phone: Japan toilet maker responds to demand for touch-free facilities
G20
Narendra Modi: As āOne Earth,ā we must continue sustainable goals
Coffee quality in Japan hit by Ukraine war, global warming
Four reasons wh...
Japan Wut 106 "Electronic Skin"

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⦠Matt discusses Final Fantasy Whiskey, Electronic Skin for surveillance, and presents an update on the Japanese Governmentās initiatives to work with the World Economic Forum on developing a circular economy. They want to change you, and you will like it.
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Show Notes for Show 106
NEW PRODUCT/HIGH OR NOT HIGH
Canned volcanic ash erupts into huge hit for Kagoshima Pref.
Three 'Final Fantasy XIV' whiskeys are on the...
Japan Wut 105 "Nuclear Sushi"
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⦠Matt discusses beer psyops, the threat ā or non-threat ā of Fukushima Nuclear Water, AI Rice, WEF Green Transformation in Japan, and the unpredictable effects of depopulation: bug farms and less help for the disabled.
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SHOW NOTES FOR EP. 105
NEW PRODUCT/SERVICE
Fukuoka driving school lets participants try drunk driving to expose dangers
FUKUSHIMA WATER RELEASE
TEPCO: No abnormality detected in monitoring data
Japan says sea...
Japan Wut 104 "Boomerang Block"
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⦠Matt discusses the a wearable air conditioner, and does a deep dive on mortality rates, the economy and bug bullies.
EP. 104 SHOWNOTES
NEW PRODUCT
Wearable air conditioner belt
COVID
Experts urge caution as new coronavirus 'variant of interest' takes hold in Japan
SEE PHOTO FOR EXCESS DEATHS
ECONOMY
More small and midsize firms going bankrupt post pandemic
Japan's 4-yr spending on COVID, inflation relief hit 68.5 tril. yen
Japan Wut 103 "Dementia Bowels"
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⦠Matt discusses reasons why Japan doesnāt experience wildfires so much, strapping kids with surveillance tech, and a study that links bowel movements with dementia.
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SHOW NOTES FOR EP. 103
NEW PRODUCT
Osaka Expo „1,000 coins go on sale for low price of „13,800
SOCIETY 5.0
Day care operator in Japan turns to tech to monitor children's health, protect lives
G7, Generative AI and the āHiroshima AI processā<...
Japan Wut 102 "Hydrogen High"
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⦠Matt discusses turning Japanese bullet trains into baseball bats, the importance of infiltration before launching a war in respect to Japanās reliance on the USA, and a proposed Japan Society 5.0 Boat that converts the oceans into hydrogen energy for the future no one asked for.
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SHOW NOTES FOR EP. 102
NEW PRODUCT
NEW PRODUCT (Shinkansen Baseball bat)
SOCIETY 5.0
Fujitsu deploys AI customer service solution for field trials at superm...
Japan WUT 101 "Creepy Weirdo Follower"
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⦠Matt and discusses the Japanese battle between decentralized and centralized currencies, robots in restaurants, and masked teens serving up bugs for their elders. Itās weird times, man ā and not just Japan. We are all weird now. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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NEW PRODUCT
Japanās cat robot waiter now available to build at home with blocks
Japanās cat robot waiters meow when you pat them, and we find out whyćVideoć
SOCIETY 5...
Japan WUT 101 "Creepy Weird Follower"
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⦠Matt and discusses the Japanese battle between decentralized and centralized currencies, robots in restaurants, and masked teens serving up bugs for their elders. Itās weird times, man ā and not just Japan. We are all weird now. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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NEW PRODUCT
Japanās cat robot waiter now available to build at home with blocks
Japanās cat robot waiters meow when you pat them, and we find out whyćVideoć
SOCIETY 5...
Japan Wut 100 "Thin Blue AI"
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⦠Matt discusses Japanās quantum computing business applications, Japanās Self Defense Forces use of advanced weaponry in other countries, and does a deep dive into Japanās decisions to use AI Cameras in Police Force activities. Itās a big one, for episode 100! Tune in. Weāre only 2% weird.
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NEW PRODUCT
Japanās new Ice Cream Fondue Pizza promises the great taste of ice cream and mushrooms together!
SOCIETY 5.0<...
Japan Wut 99 "Chinese Salami"
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⦠Matt discusses smart home markets for Japan, more on why the WEF is weird and needs to go, strange edible bug museum in Kyushu, and workers refusing to return to the office after stupid COVID.
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SHOW NOTES FOR EP 99
NEW PRODUCT
Japanās new energy drink feels like getting slapped in the face by an anime girl
SOCIETY 5.0
Japan Smart Home Market Analysis Report 2023-2028Ā
New NTT joint venture...
Japan Wut 98 "Bug Booze!"
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⦠Matt and DJO discuss bug booze, digital transformation in Japan, and a crazy gaijin rampaging in a Police Station in Japan.
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Show Notes for Ep 98
NEW PRODUCT
Japanās popular Moonlight brand begins selling broken cookies
EAT THE BUGS
Sake brewing with cricket yeastĀ
ECONOMY
FOCUS: Yen fal...
Japan Wut 97 "Eye Care, I Care"
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⦠Matt discusses Wagyu Beef vending machines, potential phony Chinese car sales, and helpful advances in AI and drone technology being developed in Japan.
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Show Notes for Ep. 97
Wagyu beef vending machine hits the spot in west Japan
Toyota shareholders reject climate resolution in win for automaker
China is Throwing Away Fields of Electric Cars - Letting them Rot!
C...
Japan Wut 96 "AI Lingerie"
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⦠Matt discusses Japanese AI Lingerie fails, a WEF Report on Womenās Brains in Japan, and how super-technical Japan is full of bellyflops when it comes to paperless infrastructure.
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Links Related to Show 96
Japanās ājust-bornā AI-generated swimsuit/lingerie modelās career/existence is officially over
Japan's wholesale prices up 5.1% in May; slowest rise in 2 years
Japan faces headwinds in drawing for...
Japan Wut 95 "Air Conditioner Feminists"
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⦠Matt discusses North Korea joining the WHO, why air conditioners are important for executive equity, more edible bug startups, and how Japanese researchers use AI to find geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines.
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Show 95 Notes
SpotCam launches new cloud pet camera
Seoul voices ādeep regretā over North Koreaās election to WHO executive board
Japan to invest 15 tril. yen in hydrogen s...
Japan Wut 94 "Gaijin Yakitori"
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⦠Matt offers advice on gift giving for adults with kids, breaks down the AI industry of investing billions for dumb consumer products loaded with surveillance tech, and discusses a Japanese Parliamentarian who wants to know if his spiraling health condition has anything to do with being triple jabbed.
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Articles for Ep. 94
What If AI Is Only A Cost And Not A Profit Bonanza?
Japan Wut 93 "Group of Losers"
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⦠Matt breaks down the news, positive AI writing, and how the G7 is plagued with losers instead of leaders, while Central Asia seems to be getting their acts together.
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Show Notes for Ep. 93
WAVLAKE (Bitcoin Music Streaming Service)
Insect Vending Machine
Japanās weirdest gadget maker has a new fan just to dry off your legs
Japanās weirdest...
Japan Wut 92 "Blackhole Rainbows"
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⦠Matt talks about convenience stores offering beer on tap, foreign recruits in Japanās Marine Self Defense Forces, The US Ambassador to Japanās recent foray into LGBTQ politics in Japan, and some words on Chinese Secret Police Stations in Japan.
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Ep 92 Show Notes
The Japanese convenience store where you can drink beer on tap
Japan and South Korea to link radar sy...
Japan Wut 91 "The AI Likes Me"
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⦠Matt talks about raising kids in challenging times, why AI companies keep showing us crap (see photos) and not the good stuff, and some reasons why NATO is opening up an office in Japan.
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Links For Show 91
Learn the anatomy of a ramen bowl with new 25-piece 3-D Shoyu Ramen puzzle
China urges 'high vigilance' over NATO expansion in Asia
Viet...
Japan Wut 90 "Idiot Regulators"
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⦠Matt talks about strange influences on the G7ās AI initiatives, new ramen accessories, a train pervert and how lollygagging is probably not the best strategy amid the recent escalations of conflict.
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Show Notes for JW90
Japan to lift most COVID-19 border controls from Saturday
Japanese biomass venture using microorganisms to tackle waste disposal
G7 agree to pursue 'responsible AI' amid r...
Japan WUT 89 "Government GPT"
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⦠Matt discusses new guidelines that will allow more self-driving trucks and drone deliveries in Japan, how CHAT GPT is making inroads in the Japanese government, and an alleged spy of Chinese origin operating deep in one of Japanās security agencies. Frequency expert DJO also files a report on the science behind frequencies and the nature of communication.
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SHO...
Japan WUT 88 "Suitcase Shield"
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Matt discusses a Makita portable microwave, that perhaps the anti-Covid measures have pushed certain men toward extremism, with the attempted assassination of JPM Kishida as well as the uptick in disenfranchised youth mucking about in public restaurants. Other topics include AI surveillance, medicine delivered by drone in Japanās remote areas and the Bank of Japanās march toward its Central Bank Digital Currency.
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Japan WUT 87 "Inheritors of the Phoenix"
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⦠Matt discusses dumb dumb Pikachu stamps for creepy millenial office workers, think tanker and CIA connected Elbridge Colby's article about Japan and Taiwan in the Nikkei Shimbum, and genetically manipulated radioactive-proof Chinese soldiers (it's NEW!).
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Show Notes:
Spruce up your office with Pikachu date stamps
Elbridge Colby (Twitter)
China's military buildup shows its ambitions go well beyond Taiwan
Phoe...
Japan WUT? 86 "Acrylic Screens of Fear"
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⦠Matt discusses a dumb new sleep aid for lonely folk, explains how to use CHAT GPT to help with established translation practices, more bug-eating weirdos, and DJO sends in a segment about how recording frequencies have changed to suit market (and other) needs.
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Have a good nightās sleep with Goospy
ASEAN nation...
Japan WUT? 85 "Don't Worry, Panic Panic Panic"
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⦠Matt discusses a digital product/service for Beyond Millenialism, a new Stupid Gaijin of the Week, delves into some of the worldwide details about a possible upcoming banking crisis and how it might affect those of us in Japan as well as a comparison between Japanese PM Kishida meeting UKrainian PM Zelenskyy vs Putin and Xiās summit. Strap in. Lots to unpack.
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Japan WUT? 84 "Unmasked Unvaxxed"
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⦠Matt discusses how Pandemic Sakura Cherry Blossoms were better, Laser Weapons in association with Japanās Weapons Show, and a QAnon-related anti-edible-cricket protest in Tokyo.
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Show Links
Panasonic develops a āweak robotā that farts (YouTube Video)
Japan and South Korea ties warm
Defence and Security Equipment International
Edible Drone
The SVB bankruptcy hits Japanese banks harder tha...
Japan WUT? 83 "Overton Pushers"
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⦠Matt discusses Japanese astronauts on Space-X rockets, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, silkworm sashimi, a Japanese UFO town and intelligence officers who work in think tanks that try to get other countries to edge in favor of the American War Machine.
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Masks off Stay On
Old Lions die of COVID (prolly BS)
Brazilian reported for alleged marijuana traf...
Japan WUT? 82 "Dead Happy Science"
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⦠Matt discusses: a poll that says most Japanese plan on wearing a mask forever; despite higher Chinese wages are putting off Japanese conglomerates Chinese exports have been soaring since 2019, and delves into some of the writings and teachings of the recently deceased leader of the Happy Science religion and political movement.
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RADIO GPT
Bathe in poop with Japanās latest...
Japan WUT? 81 "The 9 Solfeggio Frequencies"
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⦠Matt and DJO discuss the 9 Solfeggio Frequencies.
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Japan WUT? 80 "Yes And Money"
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⦠Matt discusses the Bank of Japanās plan to test trial a Central Bank Digital Currency, Japanās part in the push for war in the Taiwan Strait and some pushback on the push to force bugs into the diet of the Japanese people.
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Bank of Japan CBDC Trial
Learn about taxes from a talking piece of poop with the Unko...
Japan WUT? 79 "Witch Houses"
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⦠Matt discusses how the recent āspy balloonsā are leading to possible amped up Japanese defense measures, the spread of cricket powder consumption in Japan in the guise of culture, and rise of āWitch Housesā throughout the Land of the Rising Sun.
Show Notes
Japan to clear way for SDF to shoot down encroaching balloons (Nikkei)
Japan and Taiwan should share intel on China balloon threat (Japan Times)
Japanās āwitch housesā a sign of a rapidly shrinking population (The Times, archived)
F...
Japan WUT? Podcast 78 āMATRIX LASERSā
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⦠Matt discusses Japanese researchers responses to the alleged Chinese lasers that recently scanned Hawaii, a QAnon protest in Shinjuku, and what did slain ex-PM Shinzo Abe say in his posthumously released book about US President Donald Trump as they rode in The Beast together through the streets of Roppongi. For photos and additional content, go to the Official Website.
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Japan WUT? 77 "Peak Millenialism"
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⦠Matt and DJO discuss peak millenialism, Japanās history of balloon weaponry and its current use of balloons in the telecom industry, and how eggs might help in the fight against COVID ā except the eggs are disappearing and potentially being replaced with ungodly insect protein.
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Never oversleep again under stern supervision of Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion
Japan probing links between Chinese balloon, past flying object
He...
Japan WUT? 76 "Japanese NATO"
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⦠Matt discusses Japanese wearable beanbag chairs, whale meat vending machines, how AI can stop problematic sushi customers, and the NATO chiefās visit to Japan for some reason.
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Whale Meat Vending Machine
Bean Bag Chair
SPERM Donators
AI Laser Bug Zapper
Japan WUT? 75 āCricket Croquetteā
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⦠Matt discusses self-driving cars in Japan, Stupid Gaijins of the Week, Marijuana Legalization in Japan, and cricket croquettes in a Japanese school.
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Cricket Croquettes in Japan School
Legal Japanese Weed
Japanās Population Collapse
Self Driving Cars
Ex-PM speaks out on Ukraine War
Below: CSIS YouTube Video and PDF on Taiwan wargaming
Japan WUT? 74 "AI In Our Hands"
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⦠Matt and DJO discuss Japanese Ramen Sneakers (photos here), more nonsense from the World Economic Forum and Japanās limited presence there, being unmasked in a masked-up world, Japanese and US hypocrisy when it comes to China, and some COVID rants.
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Show Links::
Dead Whale
Demise of the Dolllar? (Nikkei)
Agritech / AI
Japan WUT? 73 "You're Right!"
Japan WUT? 72 "Who the WEF are you?"
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⦠Matt and DJO discuss insane nuclear predictions for Japan in 2023, the myth about ivermectin in Japan, and the many Japanese politicians, corporations and institutions deeply involved in the World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book āCovid-19: The Great Resetā.
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SHOW LINKS
WEF and Japan
Nikkei article on how Ukraine war shook Asia
Japan WUT? 71 "CBDCs and Stupidity"
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Matt and DJO discuss Japanās plans to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency, and how itās generally a bad idea. To better understand how everyone went nuts over the COVID, DJO brings up Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German elite who wrote about the philosophy of stupidity. Get your boosters!
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Show links:
1. Japan CBDC
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer āOn Stupdityā (YouTube)