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Japan This Week Podcast | Nov. 15, 2024: Ishiba re-elected, Japanese women mps a minority, elderly drivers, 'papakatsu' crime and reader poll results
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today. In this edition, we cover the latest in Japanese politics, including Shigeru Ishiba’s re-election as prime minister after a rare runoff vote, a record number of women elected to Japan's parliament and… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Nov. 8, 2024: Customer harassment crackdown, Mount Fuji light rail, bike law penalties, new train safety measures and missing student update
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today for Nov. 8, 2024. In this week's episode: NATIONAL: Customer harassment crackdown (1:01 - 5:40) Japan's service industry workers are facing increasing abuse from customers. Major companies like Ito-Yokado are implementing manuals… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Nov. 1, 2024: Political turmoil, Tokyo green space battle, tragic crime and Meta fake ad scandal
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today for Nov. 1, 2024. This week, we dive into the aftermath of Japan's recent general election, which has left the ruling coalition in disarray and no party with a majority. We also… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 25, 2024: Crime, carbon emissions and used phones in latest Japan news
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today for Oct. 25, 2024. In this episode, we cover the rise of organized crime and robberies in the Kanto region driven by social media apps, Japan's nuclear energy resurgence to tackle carbon… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 18, 2024: Japan election kickoff, China-Taiwan tensions, Nobel Peace Prize win, cross-dressing crime and quirky Japanese car names
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today . In this episode, Jeff covers election season in Japan, growing tensions between Taiwan and China, an atomic bomb survivors' group receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, a cross-dressing man causing a… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 11, 2024: Where's Megumi? Japan tops for Condé Nast, R-rated Qantas flight, Queen of Villains and Japan rail beginnings
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today . In this episode, Jeff and Kong dive into stories of heartbreak, excitement and controversy — including a mother's ongoing search for her abducted daughter, Japan's #1 ranking as the best country… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 4, 2024: Japan's new PM, national price hikes, Tokyo public drinking ban, death row inmate lawsuit and bullet train 60th anniversary
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff Richards runs solo to bring you the latest stories and reader reactions, including Japan's new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, prices rising yet again across the country, Tokyo's… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 27, 2024: Noto Peninsula flooding, airspace breaches, lame duck meeting, capital punishment and e-scooter laws
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. In this episode, Jeff and Kong discuss the natural disasters plaguing the Noto Peninsula, airspace breaches of Japan by China and Russia, the latest political meeting between Prime Minister Kishida… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 20, 2024: Marijuana criminalization, whale meat, elders over 100, Shogun and Japanese sushi
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff and Kong dive into topics ranging from Japan's upcoming cannabis laws to the resurgence of whale meat in Japan and record-breaking Emmy wins for a Japanese period… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 13, 2024: Chinese influx, cash or cashless, child abuse sentencing, Fukushima peaches and posthumous divorce
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff and Kong dive into the influx of rich Chinese immigrants flocking to Japan, the country's slow adoption of cashless payments, a disturbing court case involving a child… Read
