Matt Bigelow

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Podcasts and self-produced music from Tokyo. AI trends from Tokyo, Asia News Analysis, Odd Japanese Items, and documenting the rising conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.

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JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 10 "Nu-Jazzercise"

Get ready to groove with our Nu-Jazz Fitness Podcast! Sizzling tracks fuse soulful Nu-Jazz vibes with heart-pumping jazzercise energy. Tune in, sweat, and strut like a cosmic cardio king!

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 219 "Populism & Technocracy Surge in Post-Covid Japan"

Dive into the surge of populism & technocracy in post-Covid Japan with our latest episode. We unpack Sanseito’s rise, Team Mirai’s tech-driven vision, and the LDP’s historic loss. Where do people go if they have no home? #JapanElection #Populism #Technocracy
Based on the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election results, here are all parties that won seats, including Team Mirai, with their respective seats, votes, and percentage of votes cast:

  1. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): 38 seats, 12.81 million votes, 21.6%

  2. Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP): 26 seats, 7.40 million votes, 12.5%

  3. Democratic Party for the People (DPP): 17 seats, 7.62 million votes, 12.9%

  4. Sanseito: 14 seats, 7.43 million votes, 12.5%

  5. Komeito: 12 seats, 5.21 million votes, 8.8%

  6. Japan Innovation Party (Ishin): 8 seats, 4.85 million votes, 8.2%

  7. Japanese Communist Party (JCP): 4 seats, 3.56 million votes, 6.0%

  8. Reiwa Shinsengumi: 3 seats, 2.67 million votes, 4.5%

  9. Team Mirai: 1 seat, 1.40 million votes, 2.6%

JAPAN WUT AI MUSIC PODCAST 9 "TOKYO REGGAE NIGHTS"

Japan’s summer heat is here, and so is The Japan Wut Podcast! Dropping our second AI-crafted reggae & ska music episode to vibe with the season. Tune in for chill beats and island feels!

#JapanWutPodcast #Reggae #Ska #SummerVibes

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 218 "PHILANTHROPIC CUTLASS"

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 8 "TOKYO TRIPPIN REGGAE & SKA"

Dive into the vibes of AI-generated Ska & Reggae! From skanking beats to chill rasta rhythms, we explore the future of music creation. Listen now and join the groove! #AImusic #Ska #Reggae

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 217 "ORGAN ON A CHIP"

JAPAN WUT AI MUSIC PODCAST 7 "SYNTHWAVE 2.0"

Dive into the AI Music Podcast Experiment! Explore cutting-edge AI music generation with Synthwave 2.0. Discover mind-blowing, AI-crafted tunes that redefine what great music can be. #AIMusic #Synthwave #MusicInnovation

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 216 "JAPAN, CHINA, AND IRAN"

How are Japan and China mitigating energy risks amid the Iran Situation? What’s going on with Japan’s 5G Infrastructure? Can Tourism Surveillance be the answer to Over Tourism?

#War #SupplyChains #5G 

Show Notes

Breakthrough 5G Railway Test on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line 

JAPAN AI Slashes Press Release Creation Time with In-House AI Agent

5G mmWave Coverage Enhancement in Nishi-Shinjuku

China-build 1043-meter tunnel of KKH project completed

Israeli strikes one more challenge for new China-Iran rail corridor

JAPAN WUT MUSIC AI PODCAST 6 "ASIA PSYCHEDELICA"

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The Saffron Wraiths on Japan Wut AI Music Podcast 6: Asia Psychedelica. Gritty riffs, funky drums, Khmer mysticism. Japanese-Cambodian band blends Sabbath & Cambodian rock. Survived guitarist's '90 shoe-itis death. #AsiaPsychedelica

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 216 "AI-CARBON SURVEILLANCE"

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 5 "SWAMPY SECONDS"

🎸🥁 Japan Wut Podcast — AI-powered music in Tokyo, blending gritty swamp rock with driven breakbeat instrumentals. Making BGM Great Again on the cutting-edge of AI music generation! #AIMusic #SwampRock #Breakbeat #TokyoVibes #Suno 

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 215 "GOAL EIGHT"

We compare Japan’s GOAL 8 in Weather Manipulation and China’s Brain Computer Interface Ambitions to see if SDG/ESG initiatives are behind Japan’s move to become a multicultural society.

SHOW NOTES

SOCIETY 5.0 

Moonshot: Gaol 8: Vision of Society in 2050 (Illustration)

ECONOMY

Prices in Japan for more than 1,900 food items to rise in June

Japan's real wages drop for 4th month in April

Japan’s births mark record low in 2024, plummet below 700,000

BIRTHS/DEATHS/PPL DOWN IN JAPAN

2017: Difference: 946,065 - 1,340,433 = -394,368

2018: Difference: 918,400 - 1,362,470 = -444,070

2019: Difference: 865,239 - 1,381,098 = -515,859

2020: Difference: 840,835 - 1,372,755 = -531,920

2021: Difference: 811,622 - 1,439,856 = -628,234

2022: Difference: 770,747 - 1,582,033 = -811,286

2023: Difference: 758,631 - 1,575,936 = -817,305

2024: Difference: 686,061 - 1,605,298 = -919,237

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 4 "SWAMP ROCK IN JAPAN"

“Swamp Rock” is a chicken-picking, resonator shifting collection of blues-inspired jams set in Japan’s marshes, swamps, and brackish lakes. Explore the State-of-the-Art in AI music. Do you like it, or hate it?

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 214 “A.I. WATER”

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC SHOW 3 "MY STINKY CHEESE"

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Join Matt Bigelow, the A.I. Whisperer, in a celebration of A.I. cheese. Get your Chia Pet, your Dodge Charger, and your Hypercolor T-Shirt and join us on the cutting-edge of cheese in A.I. Music Production!

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 213: A.I. SKINSUITS

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 2 "THE TENGU'S HORN"

Welcome back to Japan’s Exclusive A.I. Music Podcast! Explore the cutting-edge of audio technology with host Matt Bigelow, aka the A.I. Whisperer. We got big beats, break beats, slick beats, cool horns, horny synths, synthy guitars and more. This ain’t your grandfather’s A.I. Join us!

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 212 "POST-SCROLLING"

Is Japan’s reliance on foreign AI-tech making the country un-Japanese? How are Japan’s and China’s AI Ships similar and different? Would you like get into a Japanese University only to have your lecturer be an AI program?

JAPAN 

Japan bankruptcies for April mark highest in 11 years

Survey: 70% of Japanese Companies Expect Rise in Inbound M&A

Japanese tech giant SoftBank records its first profit in 4 years

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR 

Japan’s defense buildup rockets up contractors’ bottom line

Tokyo’s new solar panel mandate: ‘Can Japan avoid Germany’s solar pitfalls?’

Rogue communication equipment found in Chinese-made solar power inverters

SOCIETY 5.0

Government imposes safety rules for "autonomous ships" to address manpower shortage as crew numbers drop by half

Alibaba's Qwen is foundation for more and more Japanese AI models

"GENIAC" boosts domestic AI development capabilities, but the problem is a serious lack of Japanese language data

'No going back': Fukushima design firm lauds AI cutting 5 days of work to a few hours

Chiba Institute of Technology introduces "AI University Lecturer" to teach students through dialogue using generative AI

AI manager' trains young sales staff at real estate firm

CTC launches multi-AI agent construction support service, aiming for 50 billion yen in AI-related sales by fiscal year 2026

Functions of AI-equipped forestry robots developed independently by Matsumoto System Engineering

Smart agriculture with "Drones x AI" Nippon Institute of Technology automates pollination

Cameras and control devices communicate directly to learn! "AI-to-AI communication technology"[First in the prefecture] AI-equipped cameras for traffic guidance have begun operating on one-way alternating roads at construction sites to address issues such as a shortage of security guards

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 211 "AI NUGGETS"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 210 "TECHNOCRACY AT OSAKA EXPO"

Chappie (@Chapmano_TV) joins the podcast to discuss his boots on the ground analysis of the Osaka Expo 2025, and how it may be a training ground for our technocratic future. Do you want to live in a cashless society where the advanced technology is sequestered by the elites, the plebs are forced to eat soymeat okonomiyaki burgers, and everything is tracked by Blackrock-funded blockchain companies real time?

SHOW NOTES

Osaka Expo 2025 Society 5.0 and SDG Goals

Digitalized Osaka Expo Troubling Elderly Visitors

Future of aerial CO2 capture tech on display at Osaka Expo

Up to 200 people affected by Uzbek pavilion data leak at Osaka Expo

Self-driving bus at Osaka expo has minor collision with wall

'Flying car' demo flight canceled at Osaka Expo due to broken parts

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