How is Japan bolstering its defenses in the Supply Chain War? Can the Japanese afford SDGs? Do you want your body injected with nano-tech interfacing with the cloud?

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SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan's KDDI and NEC to partner on supply chain, infrastructure cybersecurity

Japan back-end chip companies form alliance to upgrade supply chain

Japan to add undersea cables and satellites to critical supplies list

Japan to ship CO2 emissions to Malaysia for storage underground

The Other Nuclear Race

Toyota hydrogen boss warns that China will outpace rest of the world on H2 vehicle supply chains

China urges Japan, South Korea and Asean to deepen cooperation amid trade war turbulence

China auto parts makers triple in Thailand on EV battery rush

Manila, Beijing swap accusations over South China Sea incident

Chinese coastguard claims ‘sovereign jurisdiction’ of Sandy Cay in South China Sea

Apple’s trying to build more iPhones in India, but China isn’t cooperating: report

North Korean spy slips up, reveals ties in fake job interview

SOCIETY 5.0　

Ray Kurzweil says we'll merge with AI non-invasively by the 2030s, using nanoscale sensors in the bloodstream that connect to the neocortex

OpenAI offers to help countries build AI systems

A session on creating the future through AI, entrepreneurship and globalization with Google

Sakana AI Wins Award at US-Japan Competition for Defense Innovation