* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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