Oct. 19, 2018: Data shakeup, artful daughter, Othello champ, bicycle etiquette and Japan Yesterday.

Japan This Week

English - October 19, 2018 08:57 - 16 minutes - 7.55 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Previous Episode: Oct. 5, 2018: Discomfort women, Kyoto tax, Kumamoto cough drop, suicide damage and goodfellas.

Next Episode: Oct. 26, 2018: Blogs of war, medical lawsuit, custody battles, making a murderer and fright night.

In this week's news from Japan Today: Another big Japanese company admits to falsifying data for its products; a woman in Osaka Prefecture is arrested for the murder of her father then her brother in a story right out of a mystery novel; the youngest ever Othello board game champ gets a big surprise on his flight home to Japan and an inspirational look back at Helen Keller’s 1937 visit to Japan — the first of many.

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This weeks stories:
Data Shakeup — https://japantoday.com/category/business/Data-cheating-worries-spread-to-Tokyo-Skytree-Olympic-buildings

Artful Daughter? — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Woman-arrested-for-killing-brother-to-be-charged-over-father's-death

Othello Champ — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Youngest-Othello-world-champion-flown-home-by-man-whose-record-he-beat

Bicycle Etiquette — https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/What-do-you-think-of-bicycling-etiquette-in-Japan-

Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/helen-keller-brings-hope-and-light-to-japan