Japan Talk #090 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.

* Big freeze forecast for Kanto
* The perfect rotten end to a perfectly rotten week

* Listener Feedback

* (In?) Justice finally done
* Consumption tax set to rise
* Gibson develops self-tuning guitar
* Toyota develops violin-playing robot
* Ishihara’s Franco flub suit dismissed

* Nagging works!
* Tokyo man stabbed by “Spiderman”
* Teacher loses job for skirt lifting
* 13-year-old tries to kill dad with bat
* Crime on the decline
* Shootings on the rise
* Most popular baby names in Japan
* Tired of playing the victim
* 71-year-old bus driver arrested for molesting primary schooler

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Christmas Here On Mars by Bubble
* Country Road ChristmasTime by Craig Cradiff
* Christmas in Malibu by The Rad Dudes

Links of Interest
* Ruisu

* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com