Should Japan turn to tech or migrants to plug its draining demographics? How do Japan’s AI markets compare to China’s? Is the US trying to force a change in the Japan alliance?MIGRATION / POPULATION DECLINENumber of Japanese Births Continues to Fall in 2024SUPPLY CHAIN WARJapan brushes aside US demand to boost defense budget to 3% of GDPTrump Japan CommentTrump accuses Japan of currency manipulation, hints at tariffsChina and Russia Expand Cooperation on Antarctic DrillingA Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest PacificChina Increases Bases with Missiles Capable of Striking All of Japan; Satellite Images Show Possibility of Further Facilities in FutureJapan Commissions Fourth Taigei-class SubmarineWary of China, Vietnam to Buy Two Spy Satellites From IsraelSOCIETY 5.0BYD to smash price with autonomous driving, "Level 2+" EV in the 1 million yen rangeDJI and Car Manufacturer BYD Introduce Lingyuan – An Integrated Drone/Car SolutionChina's first AI hospital town debutsAI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt