Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Japan is living in the future. You hear it over and over again, like some kind of western travel mantra about the Internet’s favorite tech darling.

But is that actually true?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Facing the Future
03:22 - A Bullet from the Past
05:00 - Stuck in the Past

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