CLICK TO PLAY* Still more gas man facts
* A busy and noisy week in Japan
* O-bon season
* Events marking the end of the war
* A time to vent frustrations
* Local government defraud Tokyo out of research subsidies
* Sharp developing 3D Smartphone
* Japanese researchers develop follow-me wheelchair
* Dryer Box saves water-damaged mobile phones
* U.S. Says N.Korean Artillery Fire ‘Killed a Lot of Fish’
* Payments to unaccounted for elderly to be suspended
* Hokkaido hope to turn crawdads into tourist lure
* Rent collection agency ordered to pay compensation
* Yen to rise even further?
* What Japanese men hate to see at the beach or pool
Music
* Eikyu Ni Uruwashiku, Sumire no Hana Yo (Beautiful Violets Forever), by Kokushokusumire (Black Violets)
* How It Happens, by Jim’s Big Ego (Music Alley)
* You’re So Pony, by Beth Thornley (Music Alley)
Links of Interest
* Bon Festival (O-bon)
* Kokushoku Sumire Official Site
* Kokushoku Sumire Goods
* Kokusholku Sumire Shop
* Savage Japan Podcast
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
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