* 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

* A bit of a cold (Be ready to duck!)
* Be sure to change your Japan Talk feed to feeds.feedburner.com/japunditpodcast
* No need to do anything if you are subscribed through iTunes

* Hollywood stars threaten Japander
* Pixelgirl
* Drop that microphone and put up your hands!
* Japanese indie musicians: Please make your music podsafe!!
* Kidney transplant trickery
* Luxury toilet in Akihabara
* Waterless toilet
* China arrests huggers
* 62% of Japan coeds not virgins
* Podderbation
* The most popular delivery food in Japan is...

* Car bursts into flames
* North Korea: Next source of cheap labor?
* Copper disappearing in Hokkaido
* No shopping bag bra
* Baby abandonment service started
* Primary school students extort 100,000 yen from classmates
* Man throws urine on woman's car
* Scorned woman climbs 10-meter pole

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* L.T.M., by Alan Smithy Band
* Kinen, by Stun Notes
Podsafe Music Network
* Lonesome Hearted Women's Blues, by Plastic Soul Band

Links of Interest
* Ed's Mixed Bag
* Let's Narrate
* Pixelgirl
* Yokie from Muskogee
* Japander
* Nikko
* Winney
* Triumph International theme underwear
* MF247
* J-LIST
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* kinen: anniversary

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Back after a missing week
* Going to Kyushu next week
* Danny Bloom's Hiragana Song

* North Korea in the news
* South Korea condom sales on the rise
* Misconceptions about Japanese diet
* Infect MP3 players given away by McDonald's Japan
* Goodwill pizzas irk tax authorities
* Kidneys? What kidneys?
* Grandma gives birth to grandchild
* Garbage bag hag
* Genghis Khan's DNA dynasty
* Karaoke Culture Day
* Billions slated to go up in smoke
* Paris syndrome
* One-grain sushi
* Coffee, tea, or Kitty?
* Comic book about soap
* Iceland to sell whale meat to Japan?
* Golfer hits student and runs
* City official works 8 days in 5 years
* Shoe thief
* Teacher arrested for breaking into student's home
* American prof arrested for stalking

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* Seishun Maggie, by The Alan Smithy Band
* Letter, by Essence
Podsafe Music Network
* Space Rocks Keep Falling On My Head , by Away With The Fairys

Listener Feedback
* Emmett J. Cat
* Len Cullum

Links of Interest
* Hiragana Song
* Danny Bloom on NPR
* McDonald's Announcement (Japanese)
* Len Cullum, Japanese wordworker
* Podsafe Music Network
* MF247
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* shabondama: soap bubble

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Rainy season in Japan
* Statute of limitations running out on "The Satanic Verses" murder
* Government to establish a central foreigner database
* Foreign workers in Japan remain a contentious issue.
* Japan is suffering serious labor shortage
* Part-timers want to become full-timers, but can't
* Japan wants to cut down on plastic bag use
* Oldster kills over bath
* Young woman told to pay for pedestrian collision
* Private satellites for sale: 100 million yen
* Man steels policewoman's jacket from Laundromat
* A spring will surely emerge

 

Listener Feedback

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

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Hadakanomama by Free Trans Ensemble

Brought to you by J-LIST

* Adam Curry and Senseo
* Panty pulling â?? For real or a hoax?
* Underwear underscores under-population
* Underwear and chocolate cake bomb scare
* Honen-sai Festival
* Mizuki Furui, 9-year-old heartthrob
* Making bones about it
* New York Engrish

* When I grow up
* Japan wants to sell more whale meat
* Suicides in Japan top 30,000 again

Other Links of Interest:
* Plastic Soul Band Podcast
* Triumph International theme underwear gallery

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Mike Plugh in Akita, Harvey in Osaka, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampotan) Sakovich in Kyushu,JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Bad Religion by Jimmy Bratcher
* River by Madi Sato
* Leaving For Good by the Plastic Soul Band

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

Brought to you by J-LIST

Japundit Podcast

• Introducing Bart Dickman
• Japundit hacked
• Japanophile/Oriental discussion
• Critical protect

 

• New Japan Red Cross services
• New Tokyo Tower
• Japanese want better relations with China
• Aneha: Number of defective buildings hits 98
• Famed university accused of sexual harassment
• Hapless thief pinned by sumo wrestler
• National government to cut new hires by 20% per year
• Police planning to crack down on illegal websites
• Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law amended
• Travel agency must compensate yakuza for tattoo snafu
• 22% sales tax rise required by 2015 if spending not cut
• Japan to require fingerprinting and photos of overseas visitors

 

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, Bart Dickman in Neverneverland, JP in Tokyo

 

Music:
All music from the Podsafe Music Network (music.podshow.com)

 

• Shirokumo To Aosora (White Clouds and Blue Sky) by Plastic Soul Band
• Lady Pearl by Madi Sato
•  Sayonara No Kikkake (Chance For Good-bye) by Plastic Soul Band

 

Inspiration: Phil Hendrie

 

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Brought to you by J-LIST, the site that makes it simple to purchase Japanese products from just about anywhere.

 

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Japundit Podcast Weekend Edition

* Yummy Ramune
* Man cleared of groper accusation
* Japan to allow political donations by foreigners
* Japan in the UN
* Eat sushi and die!
* Dragon Dancing in Asakusa
* Too many boys
* Shooting for Nirvana
* Tokyo ... unsafe big city?
* Rats!
* Housework breeds kids?
* More imperial succession news

Japundit Contributors: Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music: (www.garageband.com) You Cheat, by Soda & His Million Piece Band

Link for Lullaby For Lawyers, by Steve Newman and Friends, played during Episode 11.

Japundit Theme: ninfurseiben by .22

Brought to you by J-LIST

Japundit Podcast

* Deadly Japan winter
* 14-year old pimps 13-year old
* School principal fired for calling bookie
* Pol pees on plane
* Ideal mate hard to find
* Funeral photos
* Whale meat back on school menus
* Brutal babes
* Driver's ed? Sex ed?

Also:
* Japan's celebrity cannibal
* Happy birthday Lil' Kim

Japundit Contributors: Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music - From Podsafe Music Network
* In your time more lead, by Pizzi Puti
* Gun, by .22

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JAPUNDIT PODCAST is scheduled to go on the air from January 7, 2006.

 

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