* 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

* "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

* 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