Japan Talk #184
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Opening Monologue
- Moorpark Oasis CD giveaway rules on YouTube
- Tokyo Joe Podcast
- Mr. Sysop to do call in session… Skype: mrsysop35
- Posting entire show on YouTube
Miyazaki bird flu epidemic spreading
South Korean soccer player’s monkey face aimed at Japan?
Apple expected to expand iPhone to more carriers in Asia
Signs from Japanese economy hopeful, but…
Japan goes to space, but Japanese don’t
“You Only Live Twice” volcano in Japan lives again
Japanese to be numbered from 2010
Middle Song
Now That You’re Mine – Leslie DiNicola
Courts questioning vote validity
Japan seeking to curb the power of the farm vote
Tokyo High Court backs forcing teacher to stand and sing national anthem
Hentai-don school girl slipper-and-rice dish
Lindsay Hawker killer writes book about killing and his days on the lam
Self-administered cosmetic surgery
J-movie industry sets record in 2010
BBC apologizes for atomic bomb victim joke
Secrets of Japanese students hoping to pass school entrance exams
Ending Song
Guitars And Shady Ladies – David Silva
Links of Interest
- David Silva website
- Moorpark Oasis on iTunes
- Discovery Sound
- JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
- Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
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Some more information from NPR regarding the Japanese economy. It’s not looking so great.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/01/28/133310924/why-you-should-be-afraid-of-japan
Thanks, Vin.
I agree that things have not looked very good around here for a long time.
Poor Miyazaki. They (we?) are having a hard time of it right now! Last year foot-and-mouth disease, this year bird flu and a pain in the butt volcano.
The Kirishima eruption doesn’t look half as dramatic a few miles away where I am… looks more like this:
http://ichigoichielove.blogspot.com/2011/01/kirishimas-turn-to-shine.html
For sure, ichigoichielove!
Kyushu (Fukuoka) is my hometown in Japan, and so I follow the news down there quite closely.
For Miyazaki, it seems like they have been going from one disaster to another.
Yeah no kidding! The clean up is going to take time – I’m not sure if the wind the past couple of days is helping or making it worse. ^^;