Not Clear For Re-entry (w/Magdalena Osumi)

Japan Times journalist Magdalena Osumi joins the buoys to talk about Japan's priorities in reopening international travel, which can be summed up as "Let the money in, keep the foreigners out.," even though, typically, it's the money that carries more germs. Ollie recommends a river cruise that shows you how the sausage is made, literally. Bobby considers a law suit for false advertising.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

How Tokyo is doing as it prepares to engage with the second wave of the pandemicWhich is greater 6ft or 40 km?The current working practices for journalists at the Japan TimesHow easy it is to make cheesecake? (bc wtfnot)How Ollie is (most-likely) eating cream cheeseWhat TBeanpod stands forHow many fingers Bobby hasWhat Japanese foreign travel restrictions actually doHow Japan doesn't care if you leave, but you'd better get permission to come backThe people who happened to be out of the country when the ban was put in placeHow many people Magdalena has been in contact with who are in these various boatsWhy and how Japan draws the line between who is allowed in and who isn'tWhat the differences are between the rights of foreign national and Japanese passport holdersThe ridiculous hypocrisy of the travel restriction policiesWhat terminology is best to describe a non-Japanese foreign national legal resident expat gai(koku)jinHow Japanese nationality is SO strong that they're not the foreigners no matter where in the world they areWhat constitutes the humanitarian grounds that allow for exceptions to re-entryThe additions to the countries that are banned, and the additions to the exceptions for re-entryHow there is no timeline for lifting re-entry restrictions for foreign residentsBUT how business travelers are being prioritized, and Student visas holders are being screwedWhether or not this is related to what Japanese culture prioritizes on a larger levelThe potential broader effects of these policiesIs it possible that the Japanese government introduces reactionary unimaginative policy without a critical analysis of the effects of those policies?IS IT?IS IT THOUGH?How the Japanese government sees/fails to see foreign nationals as a part of society And how we're not just moaning here, we've got legal precedent to back this upA bad way to make soup

Topics covered in the Extras include:

What Japanese people tell Magdalena about her nameThe drawbacks to having a difficult Katakana nameGood and Bad Ateji for our namesWhy Magdalena occasionally gets confused with a Japanese manWho Ollie gets confused withHow Japanese expectations around language change the way they see people Why Ollie's Japanese is the way it isWhy Magdalena finds working in a second or third language easier than doing it in her firstA third or fourth telling of Ollie's tenji-block storyMagdalena's insights into family law/child custody law in Japan and how they affect international familiesHow Japanese cultural attitudes around family structure affect things like visitation rights/post divorce relationsHow Bobby once translated for a divorce mediation and what surprised What is the difference between the approach to visitation rights in Japan and in the West

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