Japan Talk #083 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Very comfortable in beautiful Tochigi Prefecture
* Listener feedback
* Carbon offsets company starts in Tokyo
* Man tries to rob store in front of police box
* Couple robbed as man proposes in New York
* Normal weather forecasted for winter
* Murder in the sumo stable
* WANTED. . . Still
* Whale meat. . . The healthy choice?
* $50-dollar-a-bottle milk
* The reluctant executioner
* Foreign woman and new born rejected by 7 hospitals
* Woman suffers miscarriage after rejection by dozens of hospitals
* 2,780 cases of multiple rejections over two years
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Take You To Japan, by Davis Coen
* Lady Pearl, by Madi Sato
* Japanese People, by Argyle Pimps
Links of Interest
* Foreign crime in Japan
* Lindsay Anne Hawker website
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #082 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Featured artist: K. Juno
* Quiet news week in Japan
* Yasuo Fukuda expected to become next Japan PM
* Japan’s Politics: A Family Affair
* Listener feedback
* Pushbutton translation soon to come?
* Suspect’s confession rejected by Kyoto court
* Cell phone sales tactics criticized by government
* Cell phone sales tactics defended by industry
* Bloody hell
* “Caucasian man” sprays tear gas on train
* U.S. court rejects suit against carmakers
* Bug spray problem? Or common sense problem?
* Carmaker develops battery that charges in 8 minutes
* Student should get an A for thinking outside the box
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Senshi
* Lorelei
* Unmei (Fate), all by K. Juno
Links of Interest
* Time Magazine: Japan’s Politics: A Family Affair
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #081 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Another work-shortened show
* Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns
* Taro Aso and Yasuo Fukuda front runners
* Listener feedback
* 23 hospitals turn away pregnant woman
* Hospital loses surgical equipment inside of patients
* Visiting the doctor in Japan
* Long ago in Japan
* Japanese ministries “make” history
* Earthquake early warning
* In China - democracy is a dirty word
* Homegrown terrorism comes to Tokyo
* More funny money “donated”
* English - the language of dogs?
* Drive-by slasher nabbed
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Japanese Girlfriend by Earwig
MF247
* Sayonara by Chiemi Jones
Links of Interest
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo
* Dogma Free America
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #080 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Short and sweet this week
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo
* Feedback on music, guests, etc.
* Feedback on Japanese TV
* Productivity (Josh Keller)
* Good news for Japan’s hay fever suffers?
* Japan’s sick hospitals
* Con artist heaven
* Be an English teacher in Pyongyang
* Dead man indicted
* Teen abductee kills abductor
* More pennies from heaven
* Cop arrested for slapping teen. Public responds
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* She’s Gonna Find Out by The Blast
* Hiccups by Riyu Konaka
Links of Interest
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #079 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Brutal summer heat finally broken
* Mini cars really not that safe
* Listener feedback about music and interviews
* High-tech homeless
* My first trip to an Internet cafe
* Wheat products prices to rise
* Soy sauce for ice cream
* Interrogations to be taped in Japan
* Camcorder recorder outlawed in Japan
* Fan fire death
* Hachioji to install 1,000 spy cameras
* Department store doldrums
* Whale watching turns into whaling watching
* Station employees out shopping, commuters miss train
* Chimp beans girl
* Prison going to pot
* Thinking hard about charity
Music
MF247
* Violets Be Graceful Forever by Kokushokusumire
* To Above by Yoshimi Matsuoka
* Honey My Heart by Oto
Links of Interest
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #078 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Rainy and cool
* Correction to Episode 77
* JAPAN TIMES embraces bloggers. . . At last!
* Travelers to Inchon International (Korea) beware
* Plummeting stocks, soaring yen
* Land prices in Japan at Bubble Era highs
* American ball player suspended for banned substance
* No respect for Miss Universe in Indonesia
* Leg? What leg?
* Housewives hula for heath
* Cash to burn to reduce emissions
* Sanae Takaichi’s bulky government portfolio
* Passenger liner cruises booming in Japan
* The army that could not shoot
* Japan to develop stealth fighter? Can it shoot?
* Natural environment harmony costs lives in China
* Korea confiscating land of WWII collaborators
* Extreme ironing on Mt. Fuji
* Extreme radio exercising in Fukuoka
* 1 in 3 of cars in Japan are minis
* Japan food self-sufficiency at all-time low
* Government cuts subsidies for naked news for the hearing impaired
* Asia most popular among long-term overseas residents from Japan
* 1,500 counts of phone harassment
* Talking Honey Doll
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* My Old Pickup Truck Never Lets Me Down by Doc Bates
* Hana Oriental Beauty by Object Lab
* The Ballad of Barry Allen by Jims Big Ego
Links of Interest
* The Marmot’s Hole
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #077 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* “Officially” summer now
* O-bon holidays in Japan
* Matt Cohen: Tochigi and Indiana
* Poetry Kanto
* Korean Arts
* 70% of Japanese people happy the LDP is out
* Abe’s sensibilities gone to the dogs?
* Wii to blame for poor Japanese TV ratings?
* Lack of transparency in Japan’s government
* Kome Kome Club new release
* Worms for food?
* Titanium tiles for temples
* Bureaucrats strike out against the Cubs
* Billy Blanks takes it to bank
* Raising the quality of the Chinese people
* World’s first hybrid train running in Japan
* Magnesium the fuel of the future?
* Toilet water piped to taps in Hiroshima U since 1993
* Municipal applicants lie on resumes. . . Understating their qualifications!
* Bubbly kakigori
* Social Insurance Agency workers steal 130 million yen
* Light sticks should not be treated lightly
* Shotgun wedding for Yu Darvish and actress
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* It’s Summertime, by The Loving Its
MF247
* Miracle Fruits, by Ryeka & Yuu
* Oshaberi, by Shingo Starr
Links of Interest
* Poetry Kanto
* Korean Arts
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #076 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Hot in Tochigi
* Japan election result rundown
* Maximizing exercise benefits by resting correctly
* Coffee, vitamin B6 ward off intestinal cancer
* Strange soft drink flavors
* Tokyo Taxi Association to ban smoking
* Ginza most expensive locale in Japan
* 10 million yen left in oldster’s mailbox
* More money found in random mailboxes in apartment complex
* Money falls from the sky in Tokyo. . . Again!
* Windfalls make recipients uneasy
* Attention J-Movie fans!
* Man murdered by computer
* Prius base sticker price to be slashed
* Schoolgirl arrested for Internet scam
* Ben Hills’ Masako to be published in Japanese
* Prisoner re-arrested for threats
* Foreign press hit for sensationalizing nuke reactor leak
* A case of mistaken identity
* On hotel guests, fish, and kimchi
* Man throws vodka on barbecue, two suffer burn injuries
* Message in a condom
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Headphone, by Rika Shinohara
MF247
* Tesage wo Kururi, by Eydacos
* Pea….ce, by OtO
Links of Interest
* Slash & Burn
* Ben Hills
* Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
* MF247
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Sorry to announce that personal business and the time spend implementing the new design has left me with a lack of time. Because of this, there will be no podcast this week.
Japan Talk #075 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Pretty long show today
* Featured artist: Mako Minamiya
* Report on Niigata earthquake
* Problems at world’s largest nuclear power plant
* What will happen when the big one hits Tokyo?
* Abe backtracks on tax rate rise before election
* Farm Minister Akagi appears with face bandaged
* Farm Minister Akagi caught in new funding scandal
* Abe refuses to visit Kochi Prefecture during campaign
* Abe and Ozawa disliked equally by Japan’s voters
* Ruling coalition election prospects looking dim
* Cash trash
* Harry Potter mania delayed in Japan
* U.S. growers promoting U.S. rice in Japan
* NORK concerned about human rights in Japan
* NORKs warn Japan about abduction issue
* Kim Jong-il ill?
* Made In China - A label to mistrust
* China warns U.S. against smears
* More bun fun from China
* Japan’s shrinking TV audience
* Hotline receives 60,000 net complaints
* Man uses government land to grow marijuana
* Court reduces rape sentence because woman was drunk
Music
MF247
* Kokoro Ga Kawaru Sono Mae Nii (Parted), by Mako Minamiya
* Minna No Nayami (Everyone’s Worry), by Mako Minamiya
* Hyacinth, by Mako Minamiya
Links of Interest
* Mako Minamiya
* MF247
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Just a note to let those who are interested know that the podcast will be a bit delayed this weekend. It will be available from Sunday afternoon, Japan Time.
Japan Talk #074 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Meet The Bawdies
* Typhoon on the way
* New Battle of Okinawa
* Police warn man for throwing away money
* Benefactor leave money laying around government facilities
* Scandal, lost pensions, tax raises and an upcoming election
* Reverse culture shock
* New from McDonald’s Japan
* Japan’s high-tech toilets to go airborne
* 96% of Japanese HS students use cellphones… Surprised?
* Chinese bun vendors use cardboard in place of meat
* Mos Burger in Thailand
* Man commits suicide by decapitating himself
* Banker arrested for raping job seekers
* Getting while the getting is good
* Man attacks self to avoid work
* Rubick Cube sex
Music
MF247
* I Beg You, by The Bawdies
* Little Girl, by The Bawdies
Links of Interest
* Fuji Rock Festival
* The Bawdies
* I Beg You Video (QuickTime: Broadband/Narrowband)
* I Beg You Video (Windows Media: Broadband/Narrowband)
* SEEZ Records
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #073 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Thanks for all the mail and suggestions
* Ello Bello at Rising Sun of Nihon
* Daily Yomiuri Editorial: Kyuma was right
* Yuriko “Cool Biz” Koike takes over as Japan Defense Chief
* Koike calls WWII A-bombing “unacceptable from a humanitarian viewpoint”
* Yuko Tojo to run in next election
* Tojo calls for Japan resolution condemning U.S. of WWII A-bombings
* Tokyo defends whitewashing of Okinawan mass suicides in nation’s textbooks
* Business cards printed on peanuts
* Food scandals plague Japan. . . Next up. . . Rice
* A week in Billy’s Bootcamp
* The “flying dragons” of China
* Eye-popping girlfriend
* Japan’s air traffic controllers to be tested for English
* No more bulldogs allowed on JAL planes
* Wired for sakura
* Gold bars found in trash
* 10,000-yen notes fall from the sky in Tokyo
* No more dead animals
* Man wins mochi lawsuit
* STDs plaguing Japan
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* My Home Boogie, by Tremolo 55
MF247
* Nanahobijin, by Kiki
Links of Interest
* What’s Happening In Tokyo
* Rising Sun of Nihon
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #072 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* A beautiful day at the Japundit Media Complex
* New format, shorter shows
* Japan Defense Chief: WWI A-bombings unavoidable
* Panel: Japan should defend U.S. against ICBMs
* Japanese women talk to their computers
* Sumo wrestlers ask for permission to drive
* Most Japan housewives have hesokuri
* Brazilians born to be bad?
* NORK: Thou shalt not communicate
* Men arrested for marketing aphrodisiacs for women
* Money in mailbox? Call the police!
* Woman “escapes” from Japan to North Korea
* Early earthquake warning for the home
* Man nabbed for begging woman to become her slave
* Okinawans against government rewrite of local history
* Man flashes Big Mac at McDonald’s drive thru
Music
Podshower
* Beautiful Day, by Rika Shinohara
* Hiccups, by Riyu Konaka“>Riyu Konaka
Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #071 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Happy to be back
* I stand corrected. . . Snow White is not Cinderella!
* BIG NEWS… Bare receives a compliment!
* Measles outbreak hits Japanese colleges
* Man carries measles from Japan to U.S.
* 40% of nursing care workers refuse work over low pay
* Top 10 Japanese surnames
* Police bust bike rider
* No copyright for “Ina Bauer”
* Foreign runners restricted on school teams
* 5 worst types of tourists by countries
* Tochigi told to pay for issuing gun license to murderer
* Nintendo DS goes to school in Japan
* Japanese women lowering standards
* 11 kids hospitalized for fright?
* Tokyo to restrict ambulance riding rights
* Conwomen pass off sleeping pills as Viagra
* Beijing eatery boasts 100% pure donkey meat
* Strip-tease lessons offered to housewives in Taiwan
* U.S. students think Nokia is Japanese company
* Man douses wife with gas, threatens to fire her
* Golden bathtub pinched from Japan hotel
* Government official robs money to pay for hair treatments
* New law will allow defendants to be questioned by victims
* Toyota vs. Porn Site
* Woman arrested for biting cop
* Man drives drunk to drunk driving trial
* Super-size portions hit Japan causing super-size problems
* Meat to surpass fish consumption soon in Japan
* Wheelchair-bound 90-year-old busted for molestation
* Teacher steals panties of ex-student
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* The Skies Are Falling Down, by K. Juno
* Lost In Tokyo, by Easyflow
* I Refuse To Be Your Hero, by Jesushairdo
Links of Interest
* Rising Sun Of Nihon
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #070 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* No Japan Talk next week (May 26)
* Back on June 2
* U.S. elections decided by coin toss
* Corn dog update
* The return of Bart!!!
* Crunchyroll for Japanese drama downloads
* Paul Stookey never replies to Japan Talk
* Haagen Dasz event in Harajuku
* Japan’s favorite Haagen Dasz flavors
* Nearly half of Japanese women continue to smoke when pregnant
* 3-year-old boy dropped at baby hatch
* 2-million yen melons
* Talking trash in seven languages
* How many gaijin can fit in a sauna?
* Wired Fluffy
* Japan’s Empress wishes to become invisible
* Policeman charged for living with illegal
* Red snapper snafu
* Japan named world’s top innovator
* Korea hopes to change the name of the Sea of Japan
* Chinderella
* Women use 3-year-old to shoplift
* Cross-dresser molests woman on train
* Man tries to rob a bank with a fire extinguisher
* Man dumps urine on neighbor’s home… 169 times!!
* Female customer attacked by restaurant employees
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Theme of EEE, by EEE
* Lady Pearl, by Madi Sato
* Japan, by Unsteady
Links of Interest
* Crunchyroll
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #069 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Beware of springtime flu!
* AUM splinter group breaks with cult
* AUM splinter group raided by police
* Gov’t panel urges breastfeeding and lullabies
* Gov’t nixes breastfeeding panel recommendations
* More flaming toilet seat news
* Japanese shoppers crave anonymity
* Japanese women blooming with vigor
* Constitutional right to call your boss an idiot
* Japan-Korea tunnel??
* Swing Shot tennis bot
* Japanese Tailhook?
* Crap vac
* Tojo to run for seat in upper house
* Dog saves master on mountain
* 3-minute golf bandits arrested
* Kyoto bans smoking on some streets
* Libyan attacks judge in court
* Crows are no bird-brains
* Kyushu truck driver goes on drunken rampage
* Toyota to go all hybrid?
* Man disposes of father’s body in canal
* Sake powered cars
* Japan urges “correct understanding” over trade barriers
* Teen sues over PTSD suffered due to molestation by teacher
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Rock n Roll Can Rescue the World, by Electric Eel Shock
* Piano Per Jun, by K. C. Saito
* Always Low - With You I Am High, by Sumo Sisters
Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #068 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Golden Week winding down
* How living in Japan alters your English
* Hand-cranked cellphone charger
* Wagyu burger
* Spray on coolness
* Stress tests for dogs and cats
* Preteen models: Art or porn?
* Prosecutors appeal not-guilty Blackman verdict
* Kumamoto hospital starts baby drop service
* New system offers rewards for info to police
* Man makes 667 prank calls to the police
* More from the Comfort Congressman
* Magicians sue TV stations for revealing secrets
* Hangin’ ‘em high in Japan
* Hokkaido rescinds ban on Ainu ceremony
* Creating a more perfect Wa
* Officials red-faced over park slide caper
* Physician jailed for photographing nude patients
* Man fatally stabs woman in street to relieve stress
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Tokyo, by Supraluxe
* Dog Tagged, by Urban Clearway
MF247
* Make Inu (Defeated Dog), by Oto
Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #067 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Golden Week
* Dog? Sheep? Hoax!!
* Blackman verdict: Not Guilty!?!
* Tokyo taxi companies want fare hike
* Long-distance maglev trains coming to Japan
* Prius owner hack cars to increase mileage
* Election decided by drawing lots
* Two countries dealing with tragedy
* BBS owner charged for not deleting insulting message
* Men try to get residents to drink pipe cleaning agent
* Facemask fetish in Japan
* Man rapes woman aboard crowded train
* Bad bidets burn butts
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Japanese Girlfriend, by Earwig
* Take You To Japan, by Davis Coen
* Hanging Out with the White Boys, by Jesushairdo
Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #066 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Busy weekend makes for short show
* Uguisu - Japanese bush warbler
* Experiencing the best and the worst of Japan
* Japanese woman fined in Singapore for fake rape claim
* Call for surrogate volunteers gets doc into hot water
* U.S. court dismisses lawsuit over car accident in Japan
* The continuing story of Japan’s 1898 Civil Law
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Tokyo Gyangstar, by Shinichi
* Do You Know, by K. Juno
* Keep On Moving, Comfortable Mix, by EEE
Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Let’s Narrate
* Japundit
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast
Contact: podcast@japundit.com