* Last day of March! One quarter of the year gone
* Japan's antiquated divorce laws slated for update
* What "zoku" are you?
* Do Americans in Japan take Japanese names?
* Rate us and leave a comment on the iTunes store!

* Manga and anime - Japan's new ambassadors?
* Business group suggests plan to reorganize Japan
* Seaweed to be tapped as biofuel
* Blowfish sake
* Buddha machine
* Green tea possible AIDS treatment

* NHK no match for 2-channel
* Ai Kago fired from Hello! Project
* Rivers of money running through Japan
* Japanese-Chinese couples top international divorces in Shanghai
* Woman fined 100,000 for stealing toilet paper
* Are foreign women safe in Japan?

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Girls Do It Better, by Sumo Sisters
* Tokyo Skyline, by Impossible Songs
* Japanese People, by The Argyle Pimps

Links of Interest
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Ai Kago
* Tochigi Prefecture
* Rising Sun of Nihon

* Korean-Arts
* Let's Narrate
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Japan Foreign Minister says Japanese more trustworthy in the Middle East
* Japan land prices rise for the first time in 16 years
* U.S. sailors go Japanese while at sea
* Uncle Deadbeat
* Dr. NakaMats runs for Tokyo governor, vows to repel missile attacks
* Narita Airport pours alcohol down the drain
* Wine is fine in Japan's sex industry
* Japanese arrested for porn possession in Dubai

* The $170 noodle feast
* High School Licca
* NTT official calls for more expensive cell phones
* Japan invents tissue dispensing robot
* The case of the $20,000 carp
* Indecent exposure
* Cop nabbed for copping upskirt photos
* 81-year-old man arrested for paying 14-year-old for sex

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Sakura, by EEE
* Lorelei, by K. Juno
MF247
* Kingyo/Goldfish, by Snoop

Links of Interest
* Dr. NakaMatsu

* Korean-Arts
* Let's Narrate
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in Canada, Overoften in Kumamoto, Edward Chmura (JP) in Tokyo

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* It finally snowed in Tokyo!
* Film suggestions for Bryan Starchman

* Tokyo gubernatorial race update
* Morning Musume to have Chinese members
* Mumps outbreak linked to Japan?
* Churches in Nagasaki don't appreciate rude tourists
* Sharp recalls 500,000 washing machines
* Panel calls for more central government say so in education
* Bolts in the news

* Taiwan Nazi movement
* Patching up the great firewall of China
* Rat found in restaurant curry pot
* Driver who killed 4 gets 5 years
* Aichi Prefecture to break gang ties!?!

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Fighter in the Screen, by K. Juno
* Passengers, by Ruby James
Podshower
* Morning Glory, by Rika Shinohara

Links of Interest
* Suggested Japanese comedy films

* Let's Narrate
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in Canada, Overoften in Kumamoto, Edward Chmura (JP) in Tokyo

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Winter is hanging on
* Favorite gifts for White Day, March 14

* Japan empress falls ill
* Shinichi Mori in feud with songwriter
* Taking Japanese food seriously
* Asian Women's Fund to be disbanded
* Japan and Korea at war on the net
* Tokyoites sue government over WWII Tokyo air raid
* Changing face of crime in Japan
* Gaijin saves woman from burning building

* Government smoking curbs can threaten Chinese stability
* Wife of Chinese dissident to sue Yahoo
* North Koreans being abused in Japan?
* 300 orders received for 1 million yen brandy
* Lost in space
* Judge says man he sent to death row in '68 is innocent

Music
MF247
* Typhoon, by Hai Kara Boys
Podshower
* Niji-iro (Rainbow Colors), by Hiroki Oshiba
Podsafe Music Network
* GP, by EEE

Links of Interest
* White Day
* Enka
* Asian Women's Fund
* Wasabi

* Let's Narrate
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in Canada, Overoften in Kumamoto, Flaffer in St. Louis, Edward Chmura (JP) in Tokyo

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

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* Comfort women backtrack

* Court: Teachers must comply with orders to play anthem
* Court: Traditional mura-hachibu village ostracism illegal
* Tougher drunk driving laws in Japan
* Crime victim arrested for drunk driving

* Laws limit liquid carry-ons
* Japan ranks only 25th as travel destination
* Premium mimikaki ear picking
* Urine-based battery
* Lining up at the Cup Noodle trough
* Women arrested for cremating dog in park
* Murder or suicide?
* Teacher shares child porn to enjoy camaraderie
* Climax Series
* Turn offs for Japanese women

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Check Fuse, by Pizzi Puti
* Umi Wo Mi Ni Yukou, by Suiren
* River, by Madi Sato

Links of Interest
* WordPress bulletin
* The Marmot's Hole
* Kimi Ga Yo
* New Japanese limits on liquid carry ons
* Mimikaki
* Yamamoto Mimi Kaki Ten (Japanese)

* Let's Narrate
* J-LIST
* Jindiecast

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in Canada, Overoften in Kumamoto, Flaffer in St. Louis, Edward Chmura (JP) in Tokyo

Contact: podcast@japundit.com