Japan Talk (Japundit Podcast)
Japan - A whole lot more than raw fish!
March 2010
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* Lazy days of spring

* White On Rice

* Kim Yu-na’s Olympic gold to net her $1 million

* Korean cyber attack on 2ch

* Bad luck goes down the toilet at Japan temple rite

* Japanese women go gaga over Buddha boys

* Japan gains two of three major Scotch whisky awards

* U.S. to support ban on bluefin tuna

* Hermes ex-staff on trial for fake handbags for Japan

* The inside on Japanese superstitions, by Maggie Sensei

 

* Month-long anti-suicide campaign

* Bullet in bag gets Chinichi pitcher arrested in Japan

* U.S. Marine base to stay in Okinawa

* Fukuoka man arrested for grave robbing

* Gene Simmons (KISS) son accused of manga plagiarism

* J-researchers develop iron that never gets hot

* Exploding police box toilet injures Chiba cop

* Body image, diet pushing Japanese women to lose weight

* Chinese government wants children to get fit to fight Japanese

* Online drinking parties appeal to young Japanese

* Princess Aiko skips school over bullying fears 

 

 

Music (Podsafe Music Network)

* Baja Taxi, by Brain Bucket

* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino

 

Links Of Interest

* Maggie Sensei

* Osaka Asia Film Festival

* Shibuya screening of White On Rice (March 20)

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

 

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk132.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:57 AM
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* Thoughts on Japanese skaters and sports

 

* JapaneseTeens rescue 4-year-old from burning apartment

* Japan exports soar at fastest pace in 30 years

* China economic bubble to burst in 10 years?

* Japan Sumo Association tightens up foreign wrestler restrictions

* Man kills biker over noise

* Middle-aged man joins bikers in creating mayhem

 

* All Nippon Airways introduces ladies-only lavatories

* Japan may be willing to sign treaty on child abduction

* Record number of Japanese goes to pot (cannabis)

* Shimane Prefecture make Takeshima/Dokdo push

* Japan to reject any U.N. ban on Bluefin tuna

* Secret deal will allow resumption of Japanese commercial whaling

* Hardcore comics sidestep Japan porn laws

* New strict rules to control Japan swimmer fashion 

 

 

Music (Japan Files)

* Owari No Nai Uta, by Daijyo

* Hotarubi, by Aoi Kidokoro

* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino  

 

Links Of Interest

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

 

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk131.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:04 AM
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* Replaying some oldies

* Trespassing whaling protestor may be brought to Japan

* Whale meat trial begins

* Man burglarizes 1,000 homes over 10 years

* Japanese scientists develop year-round cherry tree

* Temples offering virtual grave visits

* Free Japanese weekly downloads on Japan iTunes

* Bones may tell the story of wartime human experiments

 

* 33 Must See Japanese Scenes

* Japan, Korea, China mulling free trade agreement

* Japanese Olympic snowboard criticized for sloppy dress

* iTunes questioned over bogus credit card charges

* Morgan Stanley may lose Japan hotel chain

* Half-Japanese prof wins suit for being subject to discrimination by Japanese in the U.S.

* Arrested man shoots cop with cop’s gun

* Australia threatens Japan with legal action over whaling

* Tattoos in the sento

* Saitama toughens up sign posts against dog urine

* Families of 1972 airport attack sue North Korea

* Bikini Liquor Shop 

 

 

Music (Podsafe Music Network)

* Big In Japan, by Supergene

* Japan The National Pool

* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino  

 

Links Of Interest

* Bikini Liquor Shop

 

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk130.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:37 AM
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* Still cold...

* Releasing Episode #129 a bit late

* Replaying some oldies

* Correction from Episode #128

* How Japan Talk and JAPUNDIT work

 

* Abdominal size no sign of metabolic syndrome

* Taxi fare save pedometer

* Man goes on rampage protesting foreigner voting rights

* Comparison of pizza shops in Japan

* Pandas coming back to Ueno Zoo

* Origins of Toyota recall explained

* One in three Japanese marriage sexless

* Japa Dog Japanese style hot dogs

 

* 85% of Japanese favor death penalty

* Gaijin Beat Japan info directory

* Ramen Box online ramen store

* NHK World TV iPhone app

* Mongolian press mocks Sumo Association

* Doctors arrested over fatally botched surgery

* Japan negotiating to reduce Antarctic whaling

* Toyota undone by Japan’s work ethic?

* The “couple buster” who went too far

* “Dead” man wakes up on autopsy table

Music (Podsafe Music Network)

* Headphone, by Rika Shinohara

* Hiccups Riyu Konaka

* Hey You Insist

Links Of Interest

* Lonelee Planet

* Nihonshock

* GaijinBeat

* Ramen Box

* Toyota Videos

 

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

 

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk129.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:56 AM
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* Cold, cold, cold!

* JAPUNDIT included in Japanzine's Top-10 Japan Related Blogs

* Yokozuna Asashoryu forced to retire
* Hip-hop monk delivers thugged-out sutras
* Saitama’s John Lennon Museum to close
* White on Rice, a film by Dave Boyle
* Learn Japanese with Anime-Manga
* Eikaiwa Review rates and ranks English schools

* North Korea to ease up on free markets (again)
* Christopher Hitchens on North Korea
* Crying Girl DVD
* X Japan to play main stage at Lollapalooza
* U.S. practicing gangster government against Toyota?
* Kamei warns foreigner suffrage could cause problems
* Chinese Narita terminal dweller headed home
* The story of Japanese Peruvians
* U.S. Congresswoman gets it wrong about Japanese health care
* Rumor: Tokyo metro subway mulling 24-hour schedule
* Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” sets sales record in Japan
* Man fakes robbery to hide unemployment from wife

Music (Japan Files)
* Sweets & Pretty, by C-ZONE
Snow Breeze C-ZONE

* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino

Links Of Interest
* White On Rice
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo
* Anime-Manga
* Eikaiwa Review

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk128.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:35 AM
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* Busy week
* Some news from the JAPUNDIT aggregator

* Number of foreign visitors to Japan plunges
* Bullet train may be headed to U.S.
* “Fill My Cups” at Singapore nightclub
* Chocolate fondue boom in Japan
* Court awards damages to overworked foreign workers
* 4-year-old survives 8-story fall with minor injuries

* Men’s cosmetics on the rise
* Wasabi smell fire alarm
* Police hotline to accept child abuse reports
* Bullets sent to politicians by mail
* Baseball fans have no right to make noise
* Murder in Japan at post-war record low
* Butcher of Akihabara apologizes

Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Another Stupid Idea from Japan, by Dogs Must Be Carried
* Japanese People The Argyle Pimps

* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino

Links Of Interest
* Child Abuse Hotline
* Child Abuse Hotline: 0120-924-839

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

 

Direct download: JapanTalk127.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:15 AM
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* Bathroom horrors

* 38 years ago tomorrow, Shoichi Yokoi emerges from Guam jungle
* X Japan’s Toshi files for bankruptcy, divorce
* Fake funerals for sale in Korea
* China’s economy now No. 2
* Chinese marathon cheats busted
* J-housewife stashes are shrinking

* Japanese Finance Minister calls for shorter working hours
* Aussie legal action could sink free trade agreement
* Teacher stabbing ruled as on-the-job death
* Denkibukuro (electric bath)
* Japan Immigration to break up another family?
* Love me, I’m a yakuza

Music
* Sea Of Stars
* You Don't Know
* Lonely City
All music this week by Lisa.

Links Of Interest
* Lisa on YouTube
* Lisa's Official Blog
* Lisa on MySpace Music
* Lisa on Facebook

* Sento Guide

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk126.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:28 AM
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* Seijin No Hi (Coming of Age day)

* James Cameron to direct Hiroshima movie?
* Japan slipping into “poverty”?
* J-publishers units against Kindle
* 900 weekly protests by Korean comfort women
* Kim Jong Il admits failure (so far)
* Tokyo cops fall for gaijin prank
* Strange J-beauty products set for world market
* J-doctor charged with trafficking in bear parts
* Uniqlo prez still Japan's wealthiest

* Ringer Hut to open Bangkok outlet
* Sony timer urban legend
* J-government set for gaijin local suffrage
* Sex-changed man’s son un-registerable in Hyogo
* 61st Sapporo Snow Festival
* Man hired as school principal found to have record
* Transsexual marriage ring busted
* Dice-K confesses to hiding WBC injury
* Woman drives home with body of 80-year-old on windshield
* Happy Valentine Pizza from Domino Japan
* Welfare group busted for tax evasion
* Boys arrested for throwing object onto expressway

Music
* Intro segment: Baja Taxi by Brain Bucket (Podsafe Music Network)
* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino (MF247)
* Ending: Sweet Melissa (Live in Tokyo) by Chris Juergensen (Podsafe Music Network)

Links Of Interest
* Chris Juergensen's website

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk125.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:16 AM
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* Whale wars!

* Suzan Boyle scores big for NHK, receives marriage proposals
* Less than half of J-singles looking for a mate
* Seiji Ozawa cancels schedule due to cancer treatment
* Gundam coming to Shizuoka
* Medical history discrimination in hiring
* College students put off by smokers
* Single tuna auctioned for 16.28 million yen

* Electric shock treatment for mushrooms
* Caution required when visiting Osaka maid cafes
* Tiffany robbed by man “trying on” rings
* Hole-in-the-wall gang strikes again
* 14-year-old girls busted for pot
* Woman sets hubby alight
* Nippon TV looking for disenchanted Obama supporters

Music

* Intro segment: Baja Taxi by Brain Bucket (Podsafe Music Network)
* Middle segment: Weaving Song by Akino (MF247)
* EndingWahoo! by Hiryu (Japan Files)

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

 

Direct download: JapanTalk124.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:56 AM
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* Adobe Audition story
* Mixcraft + Propaganda
* Japan Talk (Libsyn) comments

* Play a role in deciding the news that appears on Japan Talk. Visit JAPUNDIT to contribute stories or to vote on stories contributed by others.

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Direct download: JapanTalk123_BackstageChat.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:48 AM
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