Japan Talk #117 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.

* All-Spanish music next week
* Japan News Junkie. . . Please join!

Listener Mail
* Bryan Starchman - Man of Starch
* John Rozewicki - Introducing a new Japanese study podcast
* Imanual Portalatin (Camuyano) - Japan-Latin America connection?
* Melissa Pitsch - weather, marathons, kanji, and garlic
* Camden Basset - Japan-Korea relations

Japan News Roundup
* Korea mad at Japan again
* Eggs and tomatoes thrown at Japanese embassy
* Demonstrators butcher Japan national bird in protest
* Japan-Korea exchange student program suspended
* Japanese condom ads removed from Seoul subways
* Calls for derailing Japanese bid for U.S. Security Council spot
* Taeshima/Dokdo history in a nutshell
* Chinese like Koreans least of all their neighbors
* Nihon University debate club suspended for discrimination
* Toyota trying out ads on new cars
* Commander: Less crime among U.S. forces than general Japanese population
* Japan embraces brain science for English learning
* Cigarettes to 500 yen a pack?
* Pair arrested for selling radioactive cell phone straps
* Shades, makes to be banned at ATMs
* Watermelon good for what’s good for you?
* Man sentenced to prison for file sharing
* Man frightened by of Chihuahua kicks it to death
* Contract employee dies of overwork

Music
* Cutting Evil Smile Diablo, by Guitar Vadar　(Japanfiles.com)
* Blind Touch, by Swinging Popsicle (Japanfiles.com)
* Bad, Bad, Bad, by Ketchup Mania (Japanfiles.com)

Links of Interest
* Japanfiles.com

* Japan News Junkie

* Bryan Starchman - Man of Starch
* John Rozewicki - Japan Study Abroad Podcast
* RUNNET - Running in Japan
* Camuyanos Great Adventure

* Takeshima/Dokdo history

* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

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