Driverless cars, robot volunteers and ultra high-definition TV: Japan Inc. hopes to use the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to show the world it has regained its touch for innovation and technology.
But the 21st century has seen Silicon Valley giants and rivals from China and South Korea catch up and overtake some of the great names in Japanese tech. Visitors to Japan are often amazed to see how low-grade a lot of tech can be. Archaic devices like flip-phones and fax machines are still in common use."Our vision for the 2020 Games includes an aspiration to make them the most innovative in history," says Masa Takaya, spokesman for Tokyo 2020.Japan Inc.
Tech giant NEC is deploying a facial recognition system for 300,000 athletes, staff and journalists that will identify people within 0.3 seconds -- speeding up access to venues and bolstering security. With the auto industry already going through a major transformation,"2020 is the ideal moment, probably the dividing line between the old and the new world," said Christopher Richter, an analyst at brokerage firm CLSA.
However, Richter warned that"we are a long way away from cars that can take you wherever you want to go".
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