Japan This Week
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA weekly roundup of the week's biggest — and smallest — national news, crime, politics and entertainment stories from Japan Today with a dash of opinionated commentary and a sprinkling of readers' comments. Ready for you every Friday evening (JST).
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July 19, 2024: Killer robots, microaggressions and Olympic hopes
July 19, 2024 04:34 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWelcome to Japan This Week! Join hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong as they recap the most significant news stories from Japan Today for the week of July 19, 2024. In this episode, they discuss Japan's stance on autonomous lethal weapons, the prevalence of microaggressions against people of mixed heritage in Japan, the theft of a peace symbol in Seattle and Japan's aspirations for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
June 28, 2024: Poster Pranks, Death on Fuji, Military Miscreant, Hotel Israel and Royal Flush
June 28, 2024 12:26 - 26 minutes - 60.9 MBWelcome to Japan This Week! Join hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong as they recap the most significant news stories from Japan Today for the week of June 28, 2024. This episode covers a range of topics from political pranks in Tokyo's gubernatorial election to tragic incidents on Mount Fuji and controversial crimes involving U.S. servicemen. Plus, we discuss a discriminatory hotel incident in Kyoto and share readers' comments on these stories.
June 21, 2024: Castle Fees, Mt. Fuji Limit, Koike Scandal, Russia's Reach and Tickling the Ivories
June 21, 2024 12:28 - 22 minutes - 50.7 MBIn this episode of Japan This Week, the mayor of the city of Himeji wants to raise entrance fees for overseas visitors to the iconic Himeji Castle, a gate has been installed on a Mount Fuji trail to control the crowds, Tokyo Gov Koike faces a criminal complaint over her allegedly fake university diploma, A Russian food shop in Ginza is GOING to close its doors as the war in Ukraine drags on and a prize-winning Japanese pianist was arrested for stealing an ANA flight attendant's apron and othe...
June 14, 2024: Bacterium Infection, Maiden Names, the Mount Fuji View Controversy and Overtourism
June 14, 2024 13:51 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBWelcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of the most pressing news stories from Japan. In this episode, hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong bring you the latest updates on various topics: Health Alert Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) cases are on the rise in Japan, reaching record highs. Women's Rights The ongoing debate on whether Japanese women will be able to keep their maiden names after marriage. Policy Change Japan's new initiative to step up...
June 14, 2024: Streptococcus Virus, Maiden Names, the Mount Fuji View Controversy and Overtourism
June 14, 2024 13:51 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBWelcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of the most pressing news stories from Japan. In this episode, hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong bring you the latest updates on various topics: Health Alert Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) cases are on the rise in Japan, reaching record highs. Women's Rights The ongoing debate on whether Japanese women will be able to keep their maiden names after marriage. Policy Change Japan's new initiative to step up...
June 7, 2024: Price Up; Cedar Fever; Punk in Drublic; High Tech Toilets and Right Place, Wrong Crime
June 07, 2024 11:29 - 16 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Prices for over 600 food items rise in June; Japan plans to replace cedar with low-pollen trees to fight hay fever; no more street drinking in Shibuya; Japan’s high-tech toilets all the rage internationally and a criminal who picked the wrong store to rob. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan…id517133982?mt=2 Find jobs in Japan: GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com Catch all the news at Japan Today: https...
May 31, 2024: Sportsmen, Cheats & Liars; Lost & Found; Run Renho Run; Human Writes and Melon, Oh My!
May 31, 2024 15:25 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Toyota plans to end its massive Olympics sponsorship deal; a record 30 million reported lost items found by Japanese police in 2023; high-profile opposition figure Renho to run for Tokyo governor; a U.N. rights group says Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses and a pair of premium Yubari melons sell for ¥3 Million. Rate and review us: itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan…id517133982?mt=2 GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ Japan ...
May 24, 2024: Break Down the Barricades, Japan Tops Travel Lists, Dirty Launderer and F-Bomb Cafe.
May 30, 2024 09:20 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A town in Yamanashi Prefecture is so fed up with tourists taking photos of Mount Fuji that it's erected a barrier to block the viral view of the mountain; Japan just ranked third in a list of top world travel destinations released by the World Economic Forum; police in Ibaraki Prefecture have arrested a man after he put his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in a washing machine and a cafe in Kyushu has a perfectly innocent reason for the spelling of its ra...
May 17, 2019: Work to 70, Nissan Nosedive, Sex Abuse by Dad, War with Russia? and Halloween Havoc
May 17, 2019 10:19 - 17 minutes - 20 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government wants companies to hire employees until age 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage amid Japan's rapidly graying population; Nissan this week reported that its annual profit nose-dived 57.3% to less than half of what it earned the previous year, and forecast even dimmer future results; a 10-year-old girl who died in January after a series of assaults by her father had earlier been released from protective custody ...
May 10, 2019: Toddler Deaths, Schoolgirl Suicide, Rope ’n’ Road, Quote of the Day and DIY PM.
May 10, 2019 11:19 - 15 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Two preschoolers were killed and a dozen injured when they were rammed by a car in Shiga Prefecture; verbal abuse and threats by a teacher have been blamed for the suicide of a junior high school girl in Ibaraki Prefecture; two teenagers were arrested for stringing a rope across a road in Osaka Prefecture and clothes lining a 77-year-old woman off her scooter; a quote by American crime reporter and former Japan resident Jake Adelstein inflamed Japan Toda...
April 26, 2019: Heisei’s Greatest Hits: Bubble, Disaster, Politics, Crime, Pop Culture and more.
April 26, 2019 09:58 - 18 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A very quick scan of headlines in Japan this week and then a look back at the last 30 years of Emperor Akihito’s reign and events that shaped the Heisei era, including: the bubble bursts; the earthquake emperor; revolving door politics, criminal minds, fashion pops, toilet technology plus readers look back on Japan and Heisei. Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/
April 19, 2019: Micro Racism, Trump Sumo Summit, Toilet Bowl Baby, Train in Vain and Poop Museum.
April 19, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the winner’s trophy; a woman was arrested in Saitama Prefecture after giving birth in a 7-Eleven restroom and leaving the newborn in the toilet bowl; in punctual Japan, an elderly man in Nagoya who stopped a train from leaving the station by repeatedly pr...
Apr 12 2019: The Defiant One, Foot-in-Mouth Disease, Like a Virgin, Fashion Police and Mango Tango.
April 12, 2019 10:02 - 16 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after comments deemed insulting to people in the Tohoku area who suffered after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami; a new study released by the ministry of health finds that the number of Japanese adults in their 30s with absolutely no sexual experience is ...
April 5 2019: Bail Fail Jail, Autocrat Era, Lost in Translation, Karoshi Cap and Velvet Buzz Cut.
April 05, 2019 10:15 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is back in a Tokyo jail tonight facing new financial misconduct charges; the new era name for Crown Prince Naruhito’s ascension to the throne next month has been announced — and not everyone is happy; after a recent survey, the Japan Tourism Agency wants transit and tourist information signs cleaned of “Engrish;” a new labor reform law came into force limiting overtime for workers in a bid to combat “karoshi” or “death from...
March 29 2019: Emperors New Groove, AWOL University, No Eat’n’Go, Bathroom Cadaver and Hooters Bust.
March 29, 2019 11:04 - 15 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is issuing a city-wide ordinance against people walking while eating; police have arrested an Osaka man for keeping the body of his dead mother in his bathroom for 10 months plus we stay abreast of the news that Hooters ...
March 22, 2019: Child Abuse Ban, Court Murder, Killer Robots, Election Objection and Invisible Man.
March 22, 2019 10:16 - 16 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court; Japan plans to back a resolution in the U.N. opposing the creation of “killer robots;” a Hyogo Prefecture former mayor who quit last month over abusive language directed at another official has been re-elected plus the author of “Invisible Man,” Ral...
March 15, 2019: Virgin Suicides, Too Far Ghosn, Smugglers Blues, Your Name? and The Flame.
March 15, 2019 09:53 - 18 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as director; a Canadian man has been indicted for trying to smuggle a record haul of illegal drugs into Japan; a teenager in Yamanashi Prefecture has been granted approval from the courts to change his unusual given name to a more traditional one plus ...
March 8, 2019: Ghosn Free, Abuse by Pachinko, Too Cool Koike, Yokohama Rocks and Shibuya Tsunami
March 08, 2019 11:23 - 17 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her hands in her pockets?; Yokohama is rated the best city in the Kanto area to live for the second year in a row plus a banner fixed to a building at Shibuya’s busy Scramble Crossing shows the height the 2011 Tohoku tsunami would have reached had it h...
March 1, 2019: Ace of U.S. Base, Diet Rapist, Bad Mom, Shovel It, Spaced Out and Tom Thumb.
March 01, 2019 10:43 - 20 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: PM Abe says he won’t scrap the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa even after it was rejected by the people in a referendum; an ruling party lawmaker has resigned from the legislature amid allegations that he raped a woman; an association in Fukushima Prefecture is promoting shoveling snow as fun, good for you and will bring positive vibes from others; sadly another child abuse story this week about yet another bad mom; the Japanese space agency...
Feb 22, 2019: Abe Bad Bromance, Kidnap Custody, Ms. Robot, Exposer, Testy Tubes and Audrey Hepburn.
February 22, 2019 11:23 - 19 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in the kitchen; a woman killed another resident after she was transferred from one psychiatric facicilty to another claiming she is “a robot;” the number one annoyance for Japa...
Feb. 8, 2019: Give Mia Shelter, Aso’s Hole, Bowl o’ Roaches, Shoe Sniffer and Valentine Harassment.
February 08, 2019 09:41 - 17 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide restaurant chain apologizes after serving customer a beef bowl filled with cockroaches; a man was arrested for stealing people’s shoes because he gets sexual pleasure from sniffing old footwear plus Japanese companies are banning the practice of givin...
Feb. 1, 2019: Ghosn Plot, A Child Dies, Indecent Exposure, Arashi Storm and Bertrand Russell
February 01, 2019 10:16 - 17 minutes - 20 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a house naked in sub-zero temperatures; one of Japan’s most popular boy bands call it quits plus a look back at Bertrand Russell’S visit to Japan in 1921. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-tod...
Jan. 25, 2019: Ghosn Fishin’, Osaka Skin, Dismemberer, Teacher Bully, Porn Hubs and A Star is Born.
January 25, 2019 10:40 - 20 minutes - 23 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years for killing and dismembering an Osaka woman; a teacher punched a student at a Tokyo high school and the internet reacts; porno mags to be removed from Japanese convenience stores plus a Tokyo-based start-up has sent a rocket to space with all of...
Jan. 18, 2019: WWII-ish, Olympic Scandal, All Abeard, Cute Idol Health and Kimono Attack.
January 18, 2019 10:29 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: The Russian foreign minister asks why Japan can’t accept the outcome of World War II; a French investigators accuse Japanese Olympic Committee president of bribery in order to land the event in Tokyo in 2020; two men win a lawsuit against Osaka city banning train drivers from having beards; a Japanese idol singer says mental health an issue for fetishized young girls in pop groups plus a man in Tokyo has been arrested for attacking a young women’s kimono ...
Jan. 11, 2019: Ghosn Fever, Easy College Sex Ranking, LDPTQ, Naked in Mie and Justin-2-Shinzo.
January 11, 2019 10:25 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese politician bemoans what will happen if the whole country “goes gay;” a man was arrested for climbing up to a stranger’s third-floor apartment in Mie Prefecture completely naked plus Justin Trudeau calls Shinzo Abe directly to talk about… whaling...
Dec 21, 2018: All Ghosn, Whaling, Dismembering Mother, Putin Pinup, Escalator Donts and 2018 Recap.
December 21, 2018 11:01 - 22 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and dismembering his mother; Vladimir Putin has the top selling celebrity calendar in Japan, JR East asks riders to stop walking on the escalators plus a look at readers’ picks of the top news stories in Japan for 2018. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and...
Dec. 14, 2018: Still Ghosn, Brawliticians, Kanji of the Year, Backstabber and Dangerous Thoughts.
December 14, 2018 10:04 - 18 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Tokyo prosecutors formally charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn for financial misconduct and extended his detention until Dec 20; Japan’s ruling and opposition parties brawled in the Diet over the passing of a controversial bill; the kanji for disaster has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in 2018; a man was arrested for stabbing a woman in the back at a Tokyo train station plus a look at American women's rights and birth c...
Dec. 7, 2018: Missing Airmen, Law & Order, Road Rage, Turning Trucks, Police Fight and more.
December 07, 2018 09:19 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on trial in Yokohama for “road rage” after his actions led to the death of two people and seriously injured their two daughters; four men have been arrested for overturning a truck near Shibuya Crossing during the Halloween craziness and animal crimes ...
Nov. 30, 2018: Ghosn Daddy Ghosn, Foreign Labor, Vanity Plates, Daddy Day Care and Japanese Gigolo.
November 30, 2018 09:32 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: The arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dominates the news; the Japanese ruling party ushered in a bill proposing two new statuses of visa that could allow up to 345,000 blue-collar workers in to help a labor shortage; the U.S. State of Kansas will stop issuing license plates with letters making up an offensive term for the Japanese; a woman was arrested for leaving her elderly father — who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease — at a freeway rest st...
Nov. 16, 2018: Cuban ambassador ban, cyber insecurity, BTS bombs, skirt stunt and hologram wedding.
November 16, 2018 10:06 - 18 minutes - 8.36 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: The Cuban ambassador to Japan banned from staying at a Hilton Hotel in Fukuoka; a Japanese lawmaker in charge of cybersecurity admits to not using a computer in 25 years; popular Korean boy band BTS has fallout from the wearing of an atomic bomb shirt; a movie stuntman was arrested for cutting a girls skirt on an escalator and a Tokyo man formally marries celebrity hologram. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcas...
Nov. 9, 2018: Unfair trade, knives out, blood money, the mummy and Japan Yesterday.
November 09, 2018 09:27 - 17 minutes - 8.19 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: U.S. President Donald Trump makes the news in Japan again for his treatment of a Japanese reporter; passengers will be banned from carrying knives aboard all trains in Japan starting next year; the CEO of SoftBank — one of Japan’s richest men — defends his company accepting Saudi money in the wake of the Kashoggi killing; a man who hasn’t left his house in 40 years has been arrested for abandoning the corpse of his mother plus we look at the 1934 visit to...
Nov. 2, 2018: JAL D.U.I., Warm Biz, get out, up in smoke and Beatlemania.
November 02, 2018 09:54 - 20 minutes - 9.26 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese airline pilot was arrested for being 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol when he showed up for his flight to Tokyo; November in Japan means it’s time for “Warm Biz,” when the thermostat gets turned down and the sweaters get put on; the governor of Okinawa is headed to the U.S. with a message — get your military bases outta here!; the Japanese government is warning its citizens not to smoke weed in Canada where it’s legal plus a plethora o...
Oct. 26, 2018: Blogs of war, medical lawsuit, custody battles, making a murderer and fright night.
October 26, 2018 09:22 - 18 minutes - 8.38 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: a freelance Japanese journalist is freed from three years in captivity in Syria; women not accepted to Tokyo Medical University due to their sex are now seeking redress; the U.S. State Department says Japan is still non-compliant with the Hague Convention on international child abductions; a 15-year-old was arrested for killing his grandfather, attempting to kill his grandmother and plotting to kill a student from his school plus Halloween in Japan — it’s...
Oct. 19, 2018: Data shakeup, artful daughter, Othello champ, bicycle etiquette and Japan Yesterday.
October 19, 2018 08:57 - 16 minutes - 7.55 MBIn 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. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podc...
Oct. 5, 2018: Discomfort women, Kyoto tax, Kumamoto cough drop, suicide damage and goodfellas.
October 05, 2018 10:20 - 18 minutes - 8.56 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Osaka severs sister city relationship with San Francisco; Kyoto starts taxing accommodations of visitors to the city; A Kumamoto city councilwoman is censured for a cough drop; a suicide’s collateral damage in Tokyo and Japanese yakuza members are living longer and healthier lives. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Discomfort Women — https://japantoday.com/ca...
Sep. 28, 2018: Japan-U.S trade, no go-karting, coin locker baby, Kanto vs. Kansai and bad tattoos.
September 28, 2018 10:32 - 14 minutes - 6.8 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: PM Abe and President Trump agree to talk trade; Nintendo shuts down a go-karting company using its character likenesses; a woman is arrested in Tokyo for hiding the remains of her dead infant in coin lockers; the great Kanto versus Kansai rivalry and Rugby World Cup players and fans are asked to cover their tattoos ahead of the tournament. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This ...
Sep. 21, 2018: Over the moon, dead cops, all hail Abe, least popular city and Japan Yesterday.
September 21, 2018 09:53 - 18 minutes - 8.69 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese billionaire will be the first private citizen to travel around the moon with Space X; another policeman killed at a community police station; Shinzo Abe is set to become Japan’s longest serving prime minister; Japan’s least popular city and Japan Yesterday looks at that time U.S. president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant visited with Emperor Meiji. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-to...
Sept. 14, 2018: Osaka grand slam, helping foreigners, Abe Putin, hangman pay and tourism pollution.
September 14, 2018 10:35 - 16 minutes - 7.5 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Naomi Osaka is the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament but people seem obsessed with her nationality here; Japan — overwhelmed by natural disasters this summer — turns its attention to helping foreigners deal with emergencies; Prime Minister Abe and Vladimir Putin look to officially end WWII hostilities; how executioners get paid in Japan — and how much — and with Japan’s rise as a top travel destination so to the rise in “tourism pollut...
Sep. 7, 2018: Hokkaido quake, typhoon, radiation death, the fugitive and cop junk.
September 07, 2018 10:54 - 14 minutes - 6.74 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: An earthquake rocked Hokkaido on Thursday killing 16, causing landslides and knocking out power across the island; a powerful typhoon slammed Japan’s west coast with heavy rain and winds over 200 kmh and wreaking havoc; the Japanese government acknowledges the first radiation death among Fukushima nuclear plant workers; a man who was under arrest for rape and robbery escaped and is on the loose in Osaka and a police officer was charged with indecency afte...
Aug 31, 2018: Hospital heat deaths, trainsitting, hotel quickies, dead dad and Conan Town.
August 31, 2018 09:53 - 17 minutes - 8.19 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Five elderly patients died at a hospital in Gifu City when the air conditioner broke down, a newspaper reports JR West made workers sit in a tunnel as a bullet train passed by them for training, a new trend at Japan’s famous love hotels has customers stopping in for shorter than usual trysts, a son was arrested for not informing police his father had died then living with the corpse at his home and Conan O’Brien and the mayor of “Conan Town” in Tottori Pr...
Aug 24, 2018: Basketball disgrace, super volunteer, Miss Top Gun, The Urinator and Marilyn & Joe
August 25, 2018 05:46 - 14 minutes - 6.49 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Japanese basketball players have to leave the Asian Games in Jakarta after getting caught with prostitutes, an elderly volunteer is setting an example in western Japan, Japan’S newest fighter pilot is a young women inspired by the movie “Top Gun,” man arrested at Narita airport for urinating on passenger mid-flight and that time in 1954 when Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio visited Japan on their honeymoon. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: htt...
Aug 10, 2018: Medical unversity, hot stats, daylight savings, justice minister and octopus mystery.
August 11, 2018 08:27 - 17 minutes - 16 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Prestigious Tokyo Medical University admits to limiting acceptance of women, July was officially the hottest month on record in Japan, organizers are considering Daylight Savings Time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after the execution of 13 members of the Aum cult the Japanese government will provide security to the current justice minister and her family and a mystery of “tentacular” proportions in Sapporo. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: htt...
July 20, 2018: Japan heatwave, EU free trade, Son says stupid, forrced kiss and Chaplin in Japan.
July 21, 2018 04:45 - 18 minutes - 8.45 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: After the floods a heatwave scorches the nation, Japan and EU sign massive free trade agreement, a groper in Yokohama chases after his victim for a forcible kiss and our next installment of Japan Yesterday features Charlie Chaplin stumbling into a coup d’etat. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Japan Heatwave — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Death-to...
July 13, 2018: Western Japan flooding, blind groper, expensive grapes and Tokyo Olympic heat.
July 14, 2018 04:16 - 14 minutes - 6.87 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Floods from torrential rain causes landslides and devastation in western Japan, a Tokyo man is arrested for groping women by pretending to be blind, a bunch of Kanazawa grapes sell for over 1 million yen and the heat is on for Olympic organizers to alleviate the effects of the extremely hot and humid Tokyo summer conditions on athletes and spectators. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id51713398...
July 6, 2018: Aum executions, clean loss, garbage house, flying cars and AI scabs.
July 07, 2018 09:11 - 17 minutes - 7.95 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult founder and six followers simultaneously without prior notice, Japanese soccer team bows out of World Cup but leaves locker room immaculate, a Nagoya ruling allows forcible cleanup of “garbage house,” think tank set up to look at flying cars to alleviate traffic problems plus a magazine reports on jobs that will be made redundant by AI. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/jap...
June 29, 2018: Clean up cup, fatal stabbings, hero Trump, childless selfish and Japan yesterday.
June 30, 2018 05:34 - 15 minutes - 6.97 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Japan makes it through to the second round of the World Cup and video of Japanese fans cleaning up after the match go viral, a spate of fatal stabbings across the country this week, President Donald Trump claims to be regarded as a "world hero" in Japan, a member of the ruling LDP says that childless couples are "selfish" plus a new series on Japan Today — "Japan Yesterday" — takes a look at famous historical figures' first visits to the country . http...
June 22, 2018: After the quake, Mexican whine, horrible parents, lunch break and cup runneth over.
June 23, 2018 07:46 - 15 minutes - 7.29 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: After this week's magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka wreaked havoc xenophobic rumors spread like wildfire across social media in Japan, President Trump made a disparaging remark to PM Abe at the G7 summit in Canada about Mexican immigrants, another horrific murder of a child at the hands of the parents, an official with Kobe city government is punished for going to lunch three minutes early plus orderly chaos across Japan after celebrations over the count...
June 15, 2018: Kim possible, adults only, dark web, return of the living dead and down vote.
June 16, 2018 12:43 - 18 minutes - 8.7 MBIn this week's news from Japan Today: Prime Minister Abe looks to his own summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, Japan officially lowers the age of adulthood, a heinous murder borne of the "dark web," return of the living dead plus if you're not into politics she may not be that into you says a Japanese think tank. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Kim Possible — https://japantoday.com/ca...
June 8, 2018: Bosom buddies, the death of a child, Don Juan, the man who wasn't dead and office sex.
June 09, 2018 06:31 - 15 minutes - 6.95 MBIn this week's episode: Prime Minister Abe and President Trump deal on trade and Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, a young child dies from abuse by her parents even though she left heartbreaking notes begging them to stop, the mystery surrounding the death of Japan's self-proclaimed "Don Juan," the man who wasn't dead plus a new poll reveals how many Japanese men and women are having sex at the office all from Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https...
June 1, 2018: Feet in mouth, whale of a problem, work Japan, room & abuse and gettin' it on games.
June 02, 2018 09:44 - 15 minutes - 7.02 MBIn this week's episode: Japanese politicians keep putting their feet in their mouths this time over motherhood and raising children, Japan continues to hunt and kill whales for “research purposes” (whatever that means) and their catch this year yields some horrific information, the Japanese government is opening the doors for more foreign workers to enter the country but there’s a catch — actually, a few of them — we tell you what they are, she rented a room in a couple’s home until she could...