Japan Talk #033 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.

* Cream of the Crop
* Vote for the Plastic Soul Band
* Kim Dae Jung and Japanese Emperor in 2002 World Cup
* North Korea propaganda videos
* Japundit listeners surging
* Brain dead in U.S. recover in Japan
* Japan to run biodiesel car in Dakar Rally
* Japan live expectancy falls
* Students and teachers want free college
* Beekeepers wary of government alien species list
* Otaku take issue with cops over Akihabara
* Miniature pigs big in Japan
* Fish recruited to fight terror
* Osaka storing vintage wines
* Railroads to issue maternity badges
* Be the curry
* Go pluck yourself!

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, 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
* My Old Pickup Truck Never Lets Me Down, Doc Bates
* Gutbucket, James Brown

MF247
* Genso No Tabi (Fantastic Journey), Swing the Earthy Parade

Links of Interest:
* Cream of the Crop
* Planet Japan
* Hakone Hotel Kowakien

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