AI Safety in Japan has deeper problems than capital allocation

(Quick disclaimer - All views presented here are my personal opinion and don't reflect that of my employer or entities I work with. This post is meant as a healthy starting point for independent and introspective evaluation of the state of AI safety and governance progress within Middle Powers in Asia - with heavy bias towards examining Japan's position)brief background and tl;drI work as a Research Engineer at a major Tokyo AI governance startup that is currently under contract with the Japan A...