Japan Talk #105 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.

* Featured artist of the week: Timothy Harada
* Running late due to cherry blossom viewing

Listener Mail
* Eric Gauvin: This is a spider roll
* David Appleyard: The high price of disposing of garbage in Japan
* Kyle: Why are there sub-windows during Japanese TV shows?
* Daneeta Loretta Saft: Thanks from Tokyo Cowboys
* Joe: Joe In Japan is now in Japan
* Mark Robinson: Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook

Japan News Roundup
* The continuing saga of Japan’s road taxes
* Giants’ Uehara qualifies for free agency
* U.S. companies most female-friendly in Japan
* New law requires backseat seatbelt use
* 10 million yen found in discarded pot

* Japan corporate confidence at lowest level in 4 years
* Toyota accused of using gov’t money to develop Prius
* Platform barriers to go up on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line
* Lindsay Hawker’s killer hiding in Ikebukuro?
* Sony BMG accused of software piracy
* Court say Japanese military forced Okinawa suicides
* Doctor pays phony patients to scam insurance system

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Wake Up by Timothy Harada
* Song Of Triumph by Timothy Harada
* Good Bye by Timothy Harada

Links of Interest
* Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook
* Utsunomiya
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Kairoworld
* Joe In Japan
* Lindsay Hawker story

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com