Issue #32 - Electricity from snow 🌨️, SoftBank fails to declare $284m 💸, level-4 autonomous vehicles 🚘
Issue #32 - Electricity from snow 🌨️, SoftBank fails to declare $284m 💸, level-4 autonomous vehicles 🚘
Monthly Tech Update
This month, Japan's space agency is set to begin the final screening of applicants in its latest astronaut recruitment program.
The government confirmed it scrambled jets to monitor Chinese aircraft carrier operations and revealed plans to downgrade Covid-19 status to same level as seasonal flu.
Finally, the country reportedly entered an agreement with the Netherlands and the US to restrict exports of some advanced chip-making machinery to China.
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The Good
Generating electricity from snow - Kyodo
Yamanote Line services back to normal - NHK
Western Digital talks with Kioxia advancing - Reuters
NTT technology to analyze connected car data - Kyodo
Wakata completes his 1st spacewalk - NHK
Nissan shares rise after overhaul of Renault alliance - Reuters
The Bad
Robbery mastermind may have used 3rd-party social media account - NHK
Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat - Kyodo
JAXA officials reprimanded over experiment data tampering - NHK
Severe cold may damage smartphones - NHK
Bomb threat made against Taiwan airline flight to Japan - Kyodo
SoftBank failed to declare 37 billion yen in income - NHK
The Quirky
Robotic pillow shown at CES 2023 - Sora News
Japanese town to OK "level-4" autonomous vehicles - Kyodo
NTT East to trial edible cricket farming using AI - Mainichi
There’s now a Yayoi Kusama robot in Tokyo - TimeOut
Sake maker gets tech-savvy with QR codes - The Mainichi
Sony, Honda roll out EV prototype that uses Qualcomm tech - Reuters
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