Japan Talk #045 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.

* Back after a missing week
* Going to Kyushu next week
* Danny Bloom’s Hiragana Song

* North Korea in the news
* South Korea condom sales on the rise
* Misconceptions about Japanese diet
* Infect MP3 players given away by McDonald’s Japan
* Goodwill pizzas irk tax authorities
* Kidneys? What kidneys?
* Grandma gives birth to grandchild
* Garbage bag hag
* Genghis Khan’s DNA dynasty
* Karaoke Culture Day
* Billions slated to go up in smoke
* Paris syndrome
* One-grain sushi
* Coffee, tea, or Kitty?
* Comic book about soap
* Iceland to sell whale meat to Japan?
* Golfer hits student and runs
* City official works 8 days in 5 years
* Shoe thief
* Teacher arrested for breaking into student’s home
* American prof arrested for stalking

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* Seishun Maggie, by The Alan Smithy Band
* Letter, by Essence
Podsafe Music Network
* Space Rocks Keep Falling On My Head , by Away With The Fairys

Listener Feedback
* Emmett J. Cat
* Len Cullum

Links of Interest
* Hiragana Song
* Danny Bloom on NPR
* McDonald’s Announcement (Japanese)
* Len Cullum, Japanese wordworker
* Podsafe Music Network
* MF247
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* shabondama: soap bubble

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