Biz Buzz Japan

Big Data Making Big Waves (2017x8)

Air date: Aug 25, 2017

As technology becomes able to collect and process ever-increasing amounts of information, Japanese businesses, governments and researchers are discovering revolutionary ways to employ so-called "big data". From a firm tracking the movements of foreign tourists to a farm using technology to train young farmers to a police force using software to predict crimes, join us as we take a look at the exciting - and sometimes controversial - world of big data in Japan.