JAPAN MUST PROMOTE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
I had the rare opportunity last week to discuss the progress of research on Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) with two Japanese geniuses in this field—Joichi (Joi) Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab…
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF GOVERNOR’S CAMP IN RECENT GINOWAN MAYORAL ELECTION PAVES WAY TO OKINAWA’S NEW FUTURE
On January 24, incumbent Mayor Atsushi Sakima (51), backed by the central government, defeated Keiichiro Shimura (63) in an election in Ginowan City, southern Okinawa. The election attracted nati…
JAPAN AND US MUST HELP TAIWAN MAINTAIN STATUS QUO UNDER NEW ADMINISTRATION
Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wei and her party scored a landslide victory in general elections last week. The results will significantly …
CHINA’S BARBARIC TREATMENT OF TIBET IS UNPARDONABLE
During the New Year holidays, I had the pleasure of meeting Prime Minister Losbang Sangay of the Tibetan government in exile. It was his first visit to Japan in nearly four years. Mr. Sa…
JAPAN’S INFLEXIBLE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAMPERING CUTTING-EDGE CANCER THERAPY
During a visit last month to Kyushu Electric’s Sendai Nuclear Power plant (located in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan), I was struck by just how bureaucratic, inflexible, and irrational the …
