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May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

Japan’s New era Reiwa

On 1^st, Apr 2019, Japan unveiled the name of the nation’s new era as “Reiwa”. It contains the expectation of anesthetic and peaceful era. Era name is a long historical tradition from China. However, China doesn’t use it anymore. Japan adopted this ear name system during the reign of Emperor Kotoku. Reiwa is the first era name which is not cited from Chinese classic literature but Japan’s own classic literature Man’yoshu.

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019

Hay Fever in Sakura Season

Spring is beautiful in Japan. It’s a cheery blossom season. Usually cherry blossom have a peek for one week. And then they will fall in the wind like a flurry of cherry blossoms. However, Spring is not only about pleasure but also tears and snot for those who have hay fever.

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Waymo Starts to Sell LiDAR Senosrs

Waymo is a leading company in autonomous cars. They develop its own hardware and software in house. They have highly integrated sensors developed by themselves, even like LiDAR. LiDAR is a core sensor which is regarded as an indispensable part in high-level autonomous driving.

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019

200+ People left Project Titan

Apple is working on its self-driving car project, Project Titan, for several years. This week, apple confirmed that they dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan.

December 18, 2018December 19, 2018

Huawei: A Company in the Trade War

Recent, there are many news around Huawei.

11/23 Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei [1]
11/28 New Zealand blocks Huawei imports over ’significant security risk’ [2]
12/1 China, MengWanzhou and Canada — how Huawei CFO’s arrest is playing out behind the scenes [3]
12/7 BT removing Huawei equipment from parts of 4G network [4]
12/8 Japan set to say no to Huawei tech [5]

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

Halloween in Shibuya

Halloween is a big party in Shibuya, Tokyo. Shibuya scramble crossing outside the Shibuya Station is a famous spot. A lot local resident and foreigners come to join the celebration and have fun. Before Oct, 31^st, almost every night police have to control the crowd and close the traffic in the area.

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Nuro’s safety Report

In September, Nuro.ai released their safety report which described their robotic delivery vehicle safety strategy. Nuro was funded by two ex-google engineers, Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson in 2016. They deeply involved in Google Driverless Car project, Waymo now.

October 21, 2018October 21, 2018

CEATEC 2018

CEATEC was held from October 16^th to 19^th this year. AI, IoT, and 5G are the main topics for the exhibition. We can find electronic components and solution suppliers like muRata, ROHM, and TDK. ICT solution players like NTT, Fujitsu and NEC. But we can also find some unusual exhibitors this time, like NEXCO, JTB, and Lawson.

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

The Big Hack or Big Wrong

On October 4th, Bloomberg Businessweek published a striking story [1] that China used a tiny special Trojan chip on the Supermicro server’s motherboards to infiltrate U.S. companies. Amazon, Apple and other 30 U.S companies were attacked according to the report. This investigation report was done by Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley.

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018

Another 3-year for Mr. Abe

As Shinzo Abe won the election as Liberal Democratic leader, he is on course to win the next 3-year Prime Minister position. After 14 months, he will become Japan’s longest-serving PM in the history. In recent year, the Japanese government shows rare stability and continuity. Shinzo Abe resigned Prime Minister in 2007 unexpectedly, because of his health issues. After that, almost every year Japan had a new Prime Minister until he took the position again in 2012.