China edition…kinda! This week China wants to get its hands on Japanese test-taking A.I. and is asking very politely; meanwhile, the U.S. is going to get an LA-to-Vegas bullet train from China – which technically means the Americans will finally get to ride some Japanese trains. We are not shitting you!
This week China’s probably pretty pissed that India’s going to add Japanese bullet-train tech to cart, which is ironic since Chinese bullet train tech IS Japanese (ZING!), it’s extra confirmed that Apple’s going to finance Japan Display’s new factory, and lastly, you may insert a lame pun here about how consistently under-performing & money-losing Sharp is anything but. Read me!
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Christmas Day here in Japan. Low-level slow/no news. Except one funny thing…
On October 1, 1964 the inaugural Shinkansen Bullet Train service on the Tokaido Line began rocketing citizens between Tokyo and Osaka at speeds up to 130 mph, and a beautiful and wholly unequaled machine quickly became the pride of a nation.
Japan has some unique motivations to make robomobiles, and they’re on it! No, they don’t transform into sentient robotic warriors who’ve mastered interstellar travel yet still suck at compromise (seriously Transformers, you guys are dumb as hell), but the J-cars are cool.
Today’s Dispatch: The goofiest anti-facial recognition tech out there that’s “required,” if you’re in a spy agency or superbly paranoid, and an update on the trials and tribulations of the 787 Dreamliner’s Japanese-made batteries. That’s it, yo – slow J-news day.
Boeing bought 20,000lbs (9000kg) of potatoes and put them in airplanes – it’s funny, yo. And Merry Christmas from Japan!