* Japundit nominated in the Asia Blog Awards
* Japundit contributors wanted

* Tokyo Rose dead at 90
* U.S. postwar impressions of Japanese
* Crackdown on bicycle riders in Japan
* Man shot, thinks he was stabbed
* Ninja Attack
* Blood type talk
* Chinese penile transplant
* Chinese miffed by Japanese computer game

* Japan going litigious
* Tokyo to appeal anthem/flag ruling
* Roomba becomes expensive in Japan
* Loo light
* Pooper power plays
* Otaku hunting
* 90% of women want to marry, 45% without boyfriends
* Train Cafe

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Rich Hayhoe in Mie, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Hey You, by In-sist
* Tooi Senaka, by EEE (Triple E)
* Maruki Bune, by Nozomi Miyatake

Listener Feedback
* Dave
* Freeman, Atlanta GA

Links of Interest
* Len Cullum, woodworker
* Tokyo Rose Story
* Asia Pundit
* Asia Blog Awards
* Boys Stuff
* Ninja Attack
* Train Café
* Write for Japundit
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Beautiful autumn weather in Japan
* New Japundit Ad: Pixelgirl Shop
* The Harsh Cry of the Heron
* Back to dead trees for Japan Talk
* New noise makers for Japan Talk

* New Prime Minister for Japan
* Most Japanese think Koizumi did a good job
* Koizumi the second most popular PM in history
* Shinjo to run for Japan's Upper House?

* Japan Post to cut mail collection frequency
* Court rules teachers don't need to stand up for anthem
* Sega robot pony
* Robots need emotion to mix with humans
* Parking violators trying to blame stomach pains
* Noodle burger
* Japan getting older
* Salmonella
* Man flees in care with cop on the roof
* Con men pretending to be the sons of victims
* Woman tries to frame husband with pot

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
* Theme of EEE, by EEE (Triple E)
* Fly, Fly, Fly, by Adrina Thorpe
* Hold On, by Tom Waits

Links of Interest:
* Pixelgirl Shop
* The Harsh Cry of the Heron
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Meet Valeze
* Courtesy of FreeIndie.com
* Japundit News - Welcome Peter Payne
* Ways foreigners can save Japan
* Opinions of Japanese who date foreigners
* Ways foreigners can save Japan
* Nihonjinron
* Superstitions in Japan

* Big news in Japan: Drunk Driving
* Man arrested for not stopping drinking partner from driving
* Bicycle crackdown
* China's answer - driverless car
* Asahara
* Of dwarfs and dregs
* Fuji Film
* Green Tea
* Brown Seaweed as fat fighter
* Dogs in the news / Nisshin flour

* 1,000 Filipino nurses and caregivers
* Dognapper throws dog from window
* Scientist loses deadly poisons
* City official fondles woman's breast because of "stress"
* Econoperv nabbed again

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
FreeIndie.com
* Liar, Valeze

Garageband
* Shine, Salme Dahlstrom

MF247
* Drive, Brown Sugar

Listener Feedback:
* Mirai in Kagoshima
* Shawn Gray in Chiba
* Darren in Ibaraki

Links of Interest:
* FreeIndie.com
* Valeze
* Free Valeze EP download
* What Japan Thinks
* MF247
* J-LIST
* Japan Diary of Culture
* Japundit
* Kutaki No Mura Forums
* Kutaki No Ha Podcast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Big jobs finished, Japundit returning to normal
* Monitor died
* IO Data LCD-AD194VS has defective power supply
* It's a boy
* Comparisons between European and Japanese royalty
* The high cost of maintaining a monarchy
* Shards of history?
* Strange CNN ad
* The decline of the family farm in Japan
* Food is cheaper in Tokyo
* Translation software for the cell phone?
* Dead husband cannot be father
* Kaori Manabe: Queen of the blog faders
* Lucky cell phone numbers
* Cell phone number swindle
* Google to hire more engineers in Japan
* Japan to launch another spy satellite
* Japanese photos sent to 9/11 monument

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* Love Love Revolution 2006, Smile Ranger

Podsafe Music Network
* You Know What I'm Like, The Loving Its
* Hard Stuff, George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Listener Feedback:
* GGdeluxe
* Tokyo Dan What's Happening In Tokyo
* Is downloadable MySpace music automatically podsafe?
* Is downloadable music from other sites automatically podsafe?

* T. / A former listener
* Too much "perverted material"?
* Nobody wants to hear it?
* Bart dull?

Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Japanda
* Podsafe Music Network
* What Japan Thinks

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Trying something new
* Turn your head
* Naked and the dead
* Abe to harden Japan stance against North Korea
* Tokyo selected Japan's official 2016 Olympic candidate
* Too much Tokyo!
* Offensive Defense
* 63 percent of Japanese bloggers trust Big Business
* Robopod
* Boy kills self over failure to do summer assignment
* Yomiuri Giants TV rating plummet
* Murder scenes too realistic for NHK
* Hiroshima aqueduct collapses - thousands without water
* What Japan thinks about sex and dog food
* Man falls asleep while molesting woman
* Drunk monk falls asleep naked on woman's doorstep (Cambodia)
* Man DQ'd from inflatable doll race for "apparatus abuse" (Russia)

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* With You, John Mayall
* Ageha, Daiki And Little Wings

Listener Feedback:
* Emmett J. Cat: Volume levels insanely out of whack

Links of Interest:
* Turn Your Head
* MIURO
* Podsafe Music Network
* What Japan Thinks

Contact: podcast@japundit.com