Episodes (214)
153: The Japanese parliament expels some GaaSyy
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152: The cherry blossoms are here and business is blooming
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151: Haruki Murakami’s new novel. Plus, allegations resurface in J-pop.
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150: Moving to Fukushima? You’ll have to kick out the boars first
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149: Infinity and beyond: Yayoi Kusama’s next evolution
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148: A Japanese photographer heads to Ukraine; a student flees to Tokyo
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147: Living with disaster: Building the cities of the future
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146: I can’t believe it’s not meat! Is lab-grown beef on Japanese menus?
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145: The sword, the shield and the new face of Japan's military
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144: Japan on a plate: Our food critic reveals his favorite spots
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143: Clutter, trash and hoarding disorder in Japan
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142: Culture in 2022: Good books, outdoor art and ‘Tokyo Vice’
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141: Is it too late to save the Japanese giant salamander?
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140: 25 years on from the protocol’s signing, did we ever 'Kyoto'?
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139: The Church, the State and Kishida's headache
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138: How making alcohol from trees could give rural Japan a buzz
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137: Is Japan the model for Elon Musk’s Twitter?
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136: Samurai Blues: The J. League, the World Cup and Japan’s place in global soc...
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135: ‘High waves and dangerous storms’: How China’s moves are affecting Japan
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134: Hey Japan, are you happy?
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133: Japanese pop culture in China: It's complicated.
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132: Japan reopens its borders. Are tourists ready to return?
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131: It's Shotime!: Shohei Ohtani and the future of baseball
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130: Deep Dive is back! And the climate crisis is still a problem.
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129: Deep Dive is on a break
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128: When will Japan open to tourists? w/ Kanako Takahara
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127: Japan is losing people, but is it all bad? w/ Alex Martin
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126: Why the yen has fallen to a 20-year low w/ Yuko Takeo
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125: Nakagin, Nakagone: Demolishing an architectural dream w/ Chris Russell
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124: Tokyo's energy crisis — a decade in the making w/ Shoko Oda
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123: How the pandemic exacerbated Japan's gender inequality w/ Hanako Montgomery
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122: One month into war, a Ukrainian family reunites in Japan w/ Kanako Takahara
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121: Where is Japan's Great Resignation? w/ Alex K.T. Martin
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120: Sanctions and sanctuary: Japan responds to Russia's war in Ukraine w/ Noah...
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119: The sublime boredom of walking Japan w/ Craig Mod
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118: Japan relaxes its border restrictions w/ Kanako Takahara
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117: Where the wild things grow — foraging in Japan w/ Winifred Bird
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116: The rise and fall of Japan's ski industry w/ Francesco Bassetti
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115: Beijing 2022: A second pandemic Olympics w/ Dan Orlowitz & Madeleine Orr
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114: The meteoric rise of anime w/ Matt Schley
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113: Trouble in paradise: Why is Ishigaki building a missile base? w/ Ben Dooley
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112: A surge in omicron across Japan w/ Gearoid Reidy
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111: So long, 2021
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110: Chris Broad's Blade Runner fantasy comes to life
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109: Are Japan's onsen sustainable? w/ Mara Budgen
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108: What explains Japan's low COVID-19 case count? And can we expect another wa...
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107: Chaos at Japan's borders w/ Rochelle Kopp
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106: What did Japan bring to COP26? w/ Masako Konishi
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105: Japan's loneliness epidemic w/ Alex K.T. Martin
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104: How Japan is already being impacted by climate change w/ Eric Margolis
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