Let's War! (w/Jesse Johnson)

Japan By River Cruise

English - October 02, 2020 02:14 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Is armed conflict in Asia inevitable? Would China ever really invade Japan? What does North Korea want? Japan Times senior editor Jesse Johnson tries to navigate the tortured landscape of Bobby and Ollie's jokes about these questions.

Ollie's river cruise recommendation is SO GOOD that Bobby is mad that he didn't think of making this... river cruise recommendation first.

Bobby looks into how a Japanese River Cruise court case demonstrates Japan's legal dedication to the people who really matter.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

What to do with old, defunct hankosBrief takes on the US Presidential DebatesBobby's first plane trip in foreverHow Jesse ended up on the Asian conflict beat, and how it makes it him feelA suggestion, then an immediate denial, that there is a spy working for the Japan TimesChina's reporting on Jesse's reportingWar SemanticsWho's to thank for keeping the Asian Pacific players from blowing each other upWhether or not Kim Jong Un is crazyJapan's constitutional right to join and fight a warHas China already committed acts of aggression that warrant a defensive response?WHAT is so GODDAMNED GREAT about the Senkaku Islands?What happens when China pushes an envelope of sliced salami into the grey zoneHow global conflict is really just the same as that time you got off on the wrong foot with your new roommate, BradChina's villainousnessThe difference between the Chinese military and the Chinese people, and how they respectively use replicas of Japanese townsWhat Japan wants out of their relationship with China, and what they expect from America in terms of ChinaBackroom and backchannel backscratching between World LeadersWhy you shouldn't refer to America as "Trump"How the Hot and Cold Drama between Trump and Kim Jong Un affects JapanWhat it could mean for the whole North Korea thing if Biden winsPotential future aggression :)

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China/Japan

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North Korea

U.S. and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

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North Korean missiles again flying over Japan 'only a matter of time,' experts say