PIKOTARO Saves the World from COVID-19
Deep in Japan
English - April 14, 2020 16:45 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSociety & Culture japan deep debito robert whiting japanese 日本語 デビト ロバート・ワイティング anime manga Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I sit down with dyed-in-the-wool curmudgeon and now alleged human rights violator, Steve The Negatron Bomb Edwards, and listen to him vent pure piss and vinegar about the Japanese government’s response coronavirus. We also touch on his alleged human rights violations. Yes, that's really a thing!
The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and ad free. Please consider helping support this impecunious father of three crazy ‘hafus’ by becoming patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210
REFERENCES:
"Japan Makes Saving Face a Priority Over Saving Lives" by Jake Adelstein: https://www.thedailybeast.com/japans-covid-19-state-of-emergency-locks-down-criticism
Jake on the Diamond Princess fiasco: https://www.thedailybeast.com/japans-coronavirus-cruise-ship-debacle-shows-epidemic-can-be-a-gift-for-would-be-dictators?ref=author
The NIKKEI Asian Review article I mentioned: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Coronavirus-Why-Japan-tested-so-few-people
The Japan COVID -19 Coronavirus Tracker: https://covid19japan.com/
Worldwide COVID-19 testing ratio per country per million: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak/worldwide-covid-19-testing-ratio-per-country-million/1800124
Got something to say? You can find me at www.facebook.com/deepinjapan
The cover image was made by me. Want a copy? Join the Deep in Japan Facebook group and hit me.
MUSIC:
Intro - “Dubstep” by Ben Sound.
Outra - “PPAP-2020-/PIKOTARO” by ピコ太郎 (Pikotaro) found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKfolJv6Kx8
As always, thank you so much for listening!
いつもご清聴ありがとうございます。