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This Week In Japan
English - April 25, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDaily News News japan news in japan podcast in japan japan podcast trending japan japanese news tokyo live from tokyo weekly digest Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week in Japan, following the national declaration of a state of emergency, persistent pachinko players and imaginative creators are responding differently to the news.
- Play as Governor Koike in The Social Distancing Game (Mitsu-desu Game)
- Government Declares Nation-wide State of Emergency
- Abe Shinzo and his 10man Plan
- Popular Anime Series One Punch Man is Potentially Getting a Hollywood Movie
- Pachinko Industry Under Fire
- Word of the week: Golden Week (ゴールデンウィーク)
[Japanese Explanation]
This Week In Japanでは毎週、日本で話題になっているニュースについて、イギリス人アーティストのJulianと日本人起業家のYasuが英語で意見を交わしています。他にも日本文化や、外国人にとっては不思議な日本語のフレーズ等も紹介しています。
(Recorded on April 24th, 2020, in Roppongi, Tokyo)