Hojoki and the Fall of Bobby Ologun - J & Trey Happy Hour #11

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related news, or anything at all whatsoever. This week, Jeff and Trevor talk about the ‘Hojoki’, an ancient text written a Buddhist recluse, the Japanese the Japanese TV show “YOUは何をしに日本へ” (Why did you come to Japan?) and the scandal related to the narrator of the show, Bobby Ologun.

For more on the Hojoki, check out Kris Kosada’s wonder article in The Japan Times: “‘Hojoki’: The paradox of desire and detachment in recluse literature”

For more on YOUは何をしに日本へ, check out https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/youhananishini/ or tool around on YouTube.

For more on the Bobby Ologun incident, check out https://japantoday.com/category/crime/TV-personality-Bobby-Ologun-arrested-on-domestic-abuse-charge

Or the following Japanese link which has slightly more info: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5815a2071e90925c1d9fe27fa155393d80866dd4

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The musical outro was 逮捕されたけど即釈放されたボビー・オロゴンさんの歌, available on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW6CeJrLkcA
The intro was “Dubstep” by Bensound

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