Japan Talk #119 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Chat with Melissa Pitsch
Note that due to various personal and professional time constraints, this will be the final episode of Japan Talk. My sincere thanks to all of you who have been listening, especially to those who supported us by filling out the listener survey recently, and my apologies to those of you who are disappointed by this decision.
Japan Talk #118 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Special all IreneB, all Spanish-language music edition
* Blogging an earthquake
* Does IreneB have a Japan connection?
* Japan News Junkie. . . Please join!
Listener Mail
* Ronaldo “Racum” Ferreira (Brazil): Japan/Latin America connection
* Duncan (Hokkaido): Using Japan Talk in the classroom
* What was it like for IreneB being an R&B artist in Spain?
Japan News Roundup
* Woman stabbed in Hachioji in killer’s bid for fame
* J-exports fall for the first time in more than four years
* Consumers like Panasonic best
* Newly rich women in Japan
* J-docs avoiding generic drugs
* Press urged to lighten up on Masako
* Acupuncture improves tuna meat
* Frank talk about beans
* Japan recycling more food waste
* Mutt owner dogged by prankster
* Peace demo slated for Yasukuni
* New protein named for Pikachu
* Pokemon bullet train goes into service
* Japan’s 62,000 dying communities
* J-cell cameras designed to thwart pervs
* New defendants “rights” in Japan
* Paul Simon sues clockmaker
* Man arrested for stealing and wearing women’s undies
* What are IreneB’s plans for the future?
* Where can people go to find out more about IreneB?
Music - All by IreneB
* Mi Realidad
* Me Dejo Llevar
* Un Nuevo Camino
Links of Interest
* Japan News Junkie
* IreneB on Myspace
* IreneB on YouTube
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
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
* Bryan Starchman - Man of Starch
* John Rozewicki - Japan Study Abroad Podcast
* RUNNET - Running in Japan
* Camuyanos Great Adventure
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #116 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* New music source: Japanfiles.com
* 382 responses to our listener survey! Thank you!
* Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors
Listener Mail
* Replies to Phillip Black on Japundit
* Melissa Pitsch - WWOOF, a great way to experience Japan
* Amanda (Texas) - Rotary student exchange program
* Deadrat - Regrets about not going to Japan
Japan News Roundup
* Toyota to add solar panels to the Prius
* Homeless man sues Tokyo for welfare refusal
* Violence against railway workers hits record
* Government to restrict color contact sales
* Thieves make off with load of flour
* Japanese college girl apologizes for graffiti
* Japan drops plans for iPod tax
* Two in five Japanese have chronic katakori
* Japanese woman fools burglar with tea
* Chicken labeling food scandal
* Duo arrested for fake Korean-Japanese weddings
* Doggone Olympics
* Court upholds execution Shimonoseki car/knife killer
* Osaka is Japan’s sexual assault capital
Music
* Video Killed the Radio Star, by ROCKET K (Japanfiles.com)
* Forgive Me Now, by IreneB (Podsafe Music Network)
* Fake It, by Brad Sucks
Links of Interest
* Japanfiles.com
* Japanfiles on MySpace
* JapanFiles Radio
* JapanFiles Last FM
* World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
* Rotary Club Youth Exchange Student Program
* Brad Sucks website
* Brad Sucks video project
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Another video of singer/songwriter Kayoko Takamichi doing Open Your Eyes, a song from her Greener CD that we featured on Japan Talk #115 this week.
Japan Talk #115 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* G-8 Summit coming to Japan this week
* Gaijin House Japan
* Featured artist: Kayoko Takamichi
* Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors
Listener Mail
* Jorge: Saludo desde México
* Sam McKoon: Learning katakana and hiragana
* Jordan Cassady: Weather north of Tokyo
* Phillip Black: Wants to come to Japan
Japan News Roundup
* Rinko Kikuchi on being Japanese in Hollywood
* Aiful to sue Lehmen for bad assessment?
* Ramen noodles are a’changing
* J-embassies told to economize
* Megumi Yokota book to be published in English
* Cops tried to cover liability in suspect immolation
* Another food scandal
* Train crew rapist charged
* Group defrauds woman of 4.5 million yen
* Child porn sites ignoring watchdog group
Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Open Your Eyes, by Kayoko Takamichi
* Wakatta Tsumori, by Kayoko Takamichi
Links of Interest
* Gaijin House Japan
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Here is a video of singer/songwriter Kayoko Takamichi doing Haru, a song from her Greener CD that we featured on Japan Talk #114 last Saturday.
Japan Talk #114 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* A day late
* Featured artist: Kayoko Takamichi
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Listener Mail
* Pete Bohan: Diabetes in Japan
* Nate: Japan relations with Korea and China
* Amanda in Texas: I like the music!
Japan News Roundup
* No disclosure on Nork nukes?
* 963 apply to become astronauts
* Space weddings coming soon
* Night
* Ninja sighting closes New Jersey school
* Ambulances used as taxis in Japan
* No Fishing Day. . . But who cares?
* Emergency butter imports planned
* More foliage whacked
* Photos fool vending machine age verification system
* Man arrested for dogging convenience stores
* Local school district refuses government tests
* Japanese tops as tourists
* Japanese tourists from hell
Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Haru, by Kayoko Takamichi
* Night, by Kayoko Takamichi
Links of Interest
* Japan Diabetes Society
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #113 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* The rainy season cometh
* Heavy rains in Kyushu
* Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors
Listener Mail
* Itobun: It’s Miyagi no Mie!
* Zichi Lorentz: Head of household on a koseki
* Yesterday 87: Listening to Japan Talk while working security
* Riyu: Border customs question answered
Japan News Roundup
* Tsutomu Miyazaki executed
* Sanrio (Hello Kitty) to create a new character series
* World facing third oil shock?
* Japan to target 10% foreign population
* WWII bomber crews honored!?!
* Police arrest Greenpeace members
* Japan to force citizens to slim down (Good luck!)
* TV Asahi warned over false weight loss claims
* Government to press for higher minimum wage
* Homeless man arrested for robbing ramen shops of food
* Woman dies after hospital pumps food into lung
* Clean diesels on the horizon
* Fisheries co-op accused of false labeling of eels
* Baseball support group sues Japan Pro baseball
* Record number of elderly suicides
* Fansubbers to be targeted by Japanese rights organizations
* Government worker blames groping on “sexual arousal”
Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Love Survives, by Love Spirals
* Mad Cult, by The Volume Brothers
Links of Interest
* Tsutomu Miyazaki
* Border check discussion on JAPUNDIT
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #111 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Major earthquake rocks Tohoku, Tokyo
* 240 listener surveys submitted
* Many thanks!
* Still need a few more
* Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors
Listener Mail
* Riyuu: Border customs questions
* Kayako Takamichi: Greetings again from Cat In The Rain
* Yesterday87 (Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.): Japanese Family Registry (koseki)
Japan News Roundup
*Akihabara Massacre
* North Korean and Japanese stances softening?
* Japanese companies raided for trading with North Korea
* Tokyo Sky Tree
* Korean Supreme Court upholds right nipple pinching by military
* Lawmakers call for tripling of ciggie tax
* Hospital apologizes for operating on wrong eye
* Thief caught when he tries to cash in a hot lotto ticket
* Woman sues over repatriation to North Korea from Japan
* Cosplay event canceled when oldster complains
* Man arrested for staying in restaurant for 3 days without paying
* Judge charged with stalking co-worker
* Teacher slapped on the wrist for 20-year pedo spree
Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Love Survives, by Love Spirals
* Drinking For England, by The Volume Brothers
Links of Interest
* Japanese family register system (koseki)
* Kayoko Takamichi on MySpace
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #111 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Back after two weeks
* Thanks to Tokyo Dan of What’s Happening in Tokyo
* Please help Japan Talk!
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* We need 250 responses
Listener Mail
* Geoff Robbins (LA): Correction about Garageband music
* Michael: Did you hear the one about the parrot?
* Chad Walker: Greetings from Running Chad
* Paul Christopherson: Pubic hair in Japan
* David Boyle: News about Big Dreams In Little Tokyo
* Weiser Cain: Some comments about Japan Talk
* Kenneth Kiser: New listener
* Amanda B: I love Bart!
Japan News Roundup
* Olympic swimsuit row
* Slacks catching on among high school girls
* Japan cracking down on spam
* Minors illegally hired for hazardous nuclear work
* The saga of No. 57
* Obama thrilled over Obama victory
* Panties for Peace
* Police sued by apartment owner for loss of business
* Provision of Nationality Law declared unconstitutional
* 366 parking violations in six months
* Japan mulling intro of carbon footprint labels
* Figure skating coach arrested for rape
* Tumor turns out to be 25-year-old towel
* Woman found hanged inside airliner toilet
* Man arrested for shooting girls with water pistol
* Naked bandit nabbed
Music (MF247)
* Burlingame, by Ken Sato
* Bruges, by Ken Sato
* Red Bazooka, by EEE
Links of Interest
* What’s Happening In Tokyo
* WHIT mention of Japan Talk
* jindies.com
* Shut Me Up (Mindless Self Indulgence)
* Going to Japan? Read this!
* Parrot Story
* Running Chad
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo website
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo on Amazon
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo video clip
* Tiger Industry Films
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #110 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* All blues tunes
* Please don’t forget the survey!
* No Japan Talk next week. Next episode on May 31.
* Please help Japan Talk!
* Fill out this survey and help us find sponsors
* We need 250 responses
Listener Mail
* Momo-J (Japan): Thanks for playing my music!
* Tadashi (Japan): Using Japan Talk to study English
* Overoften (Japan): Spooky Japan Talk experience
* Peter Grant (Canada): Running in Japan
* Dr. Kenney (California): Japanese teeth
* Hulagirl: Japan Talk (and Bart) rocks!
Japan News Roundup
* Marine gets to four years for Okinawa abduction
* U.S. providing sex offender list to other countries
* Whaling crewmembers accused of blubber misuse
* New car system to control your house
* Motorcyclist feeling the pressure in urban areas
* Newlyweds live at ball park for a month
* More flower vandalism
* Bird-killing junior high schoolers nabbed
* Farmer demands right to drink and drive
* Man acquitted for train grope due to lack of evidence
* 95% of 5th graders own game consoles
* Cops give kerosene drenched man smokes and a lighter
* Opium poppies discovered at flower festival
* Man throws glue in girl’s face
* Kiss of death
* Nudity crackdown on the way?
* “Hookup cafe” report
Music
* Don’t You Tell Me by Saffire
* Stop Watching Your Enemies by Koko Taylor
* Ain’t Seen My Baby by Cephas and Wiggins
Links of Interest
* The Marmot’s Hole
* Momo-J
* Japan Dental Association
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #109 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Strong earthquakes this week in Kanto
* Please help Japan Talk!
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* We need 250 responses
Listener Mail
* John Griesser (Austria): Big fan of Japanese music
* Ramon (Switzerland): Japanese baseball (You Gotta Have Wa)
* Peter Grant (Canada): Knowing Japan from Canada
* Courtleigh Duquesne Cannick: Japan Talk appreciated
Japan News Roundup
* J-gas tax still in the news
* Japanese X-ray technicians at U.S. base not licensed
* Number of J-kids still shrinking
* Bicycle hit-and-run woman arrested
* China snubs Koizumi again
* Burglar cleans our adult film firm
* The high price of rice in Japan
* Yokohama college profs selling degrees?
* High school teacher arrested for in-class up-skirts
* Women make money with peep shots
Music
* Pilgrimage by Momo-J (Podsafe Music Network)
* Diana by Kirk King and the Solar Majors (Garageband)
* Shut Me Up by Bankey (Garageband)
Links of Interest
* Robert Whiting
* Chrysanthemum And The Bat
* You Gotta Have Wa
* The Samurai Way of Baseball
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #108 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Golden Week in Japan
* All comedy/novelty tunes this week
Listener Mail
* Cat In The Rain: Keep up the good show
* Keep up the great show, Mr. JP! I’m your big fan in Japan.
* David Penner: Thanks for podcast
* David Powell: Don’t forget Monkey Majik
* David Appelyard: Evidence?
* Kevin: What about Japanese health insurance system?
Japan News Roundup
* Gasoline prices back up in Japan
* Truck driver arrested for stealing fuel
* Fight break out in gas lines
* Aomori University: Coffee may help prevent uterine cancer
* Robert De Niro to expand into Japanese-style hotels
* Japanese whisky crowned best in the world
* Chinese snub ex-PM Koizumi with Olympic invites
* Japanese companies poorly organized
* Where’s the butter in Japan?
* Court awards damages for man who worked self into a coma
* Man arrested for holding ex-girlfriend hostage
* Man arrested for assaulting flowers
* City worker fired for viewing porn on the job
* Japan to give preferential visa treatment for language knowledge
* Banker wanted to be a weirdo… succeeds… arrested
Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Everything Is Dangerous by Tom Smith
* Box Of Wine by The Clintons
* Spam by Sudden Death
Links of Interest
* Sendai
* Golden Week
* Monkey Majik
* BackpackingAbroad.com
* Frontline on healthcare
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #107 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Chris Juergenson - Featured artist of the week
Listener Mail
* Jordan Cassady: Historicast
* Jesse: Thanks for the podcast
* JAPUNDIT: Going to Japan?
Japan News Roundup
* U.S. military to press charges against Okinawa Marine
* Gas tax to return
* Miso paste made to Bach
* Greenpeace to target tuna fishers
* JASRAC raided by Japanese FTC
* Most Japanese against lowering age of adulthood
* Woman throws dead mother into trash heap
* Man sues company for “power harassment”
* Man arrested for 8,000 phone calls to ex-girlfriend
* Company president arrested for stripping on train
* The latest suicide fad in Japan
Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Love Dog by Chris Juergensen
* Long Time Wondering by Chris Juergensen
* Some Sympathy by Chris Juergensen
Links of Interest
* Chris Juergenson
* Sendai
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Hikaru Utada
* Joey Carbone
* Akiko Wada
* SMAP
* Koyanagi Yuki
* Lindberg
* Historicast
* Going to Japan? Read this!
* JASRAC
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
If you are a history buff and podcast user, you might want to check out Historicast.
Owned and operated by Japan Talk podcast listener Jordan Cassady, Historicast puts out short segments that provide information about various historical events, from the distant and not-so-distant past.
Even though it is brand new and has only two segments available, Jordan seems to have something good going with Historicast, which is part of my list of subscriptions.
Japan Talk #106 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Back after an unscheduled day
Listener Mail
* Josh Keller: Fukudome playing for the Cubs
* Geoff Robbins: Interested in visiting Japan
* Gino Rodrigo: Traveling to Japan for the first time
Japan News Roundup
* Nagano to increase Olympic torch security
* Temple thinking of dropping out of Olympic festivities
* RR companies see no need for men-only cars
* Dairy products increase prostate cancer risk
* Glaucoma sufferers in Japan continue to drive
* Rules set for citizen-judges
* Overseas firms best for women in Japan
* Top J-court rules public videos, garbage admissible
* MJ seed possession legal in Japan
* JAL pleads guilty to price fixing in the U.S.
* Toho sues Subway over for Godzilla
* Police advertise to find owner of illegal gun
* Illegal firearm rewards to be offered by J-cops
* Self-service gas stations targeted by thieves
* Trucker offers to fix sabotaged cars for sex
* 3 teen girls arrested for assaulting policemen
* Sexual harassment hotline for women started in Japan
* Infant dies in car as mom plays pachinko
Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* The Spirit by Chris Juergensen
* Drifting by Karmyn Tyler
* Round The Bend by Adrina Thorpe
Links of Interest
* Gino Rodrigo
* Kosuke Fukudome
* Nikko
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #105 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Featured artist of the week: Timothy Harada
* Running late due to cherry blossom viewing
Listener Mail
* Eric Gauvin: This is a spider roll
* David Appleyard: The high price of disposing of garbage in Japan
* Kyle: Why are there sub-windows during Japanese TV shows?
* Daneeta Loretta Saft: Thanks from Tokyo Cowboys
* Joe: Joe In Japan is now in Japan
* Mark Robinson: Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook
Japan News Roundup
* The continuing saga of Japan’s road taxes
* Giants’ Uehara qualifies for free agency
* U.S. companies most female-friendly in Japan
* New law requires backseat seatbelt use
* 10 million yen found in discarded pot
* Japan corporate confidence at lowest level in 4 years
* Toyota accused of using gov’t money to develop Prius
* Platform barriers to go up on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line
* Lindsay Hawker’s killer hiding in Ikebukuro?
* Sony BMG accused of software piracy
* Court say Japanese military forced Okinawa suicides
* Doctor pays phony patients to scam insurance system
Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Wake Up by Timothy Harada
* Song Of Triumph by Timothy Harada
* Good Bye by Timothy Harada
Links of Interest
* Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook
* Utsunomiya
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Kairoworld
* Joe In Japan
* Lindsay Hawker story
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #104 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* Why Obama is leading
* Japundit contributor Marie Mockett’s new book
Listener Mail
* The VICE Guide to North Korea
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Kyle - Cleanliness in Japan
* Kyle - How are foreigners treated?
* Alfonso Ponce - Japan-Mexico Free Trade Agreement
* D - How is Japanese baseball different from U.S. baseball?
Japan News Roundup
* Man kills in hopes of being executed
* Teen shoves man in front of train
* Cellphone rage kills
* Chinese government crackdown on online maps
* Crows black out part of Sapporo
* Burqua promoted for pollen allergy relief
* High-tech gravestones
* The Dignity of a Woman
* Police captain arrested in attempted to rape
* Nissan to nix Richard Gere commercial
* Prince Hotels in hot water for rejecting teacher confab
Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Sweet As Sin by Ruby James
* With You, With Me by Timothy Harada
* Emily Has Compassion Fatigue by 3 Blind Mice
Links of Interest
* VICE Guide to North Korea
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Marie Mockett
* Kairoworld
* Chrysanthemum And The Bat
* You Gotta Have Wa
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com
Japan Talk #103 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner.
* POKE-IT-NOTES
Listener Mail
* LT Dan Norton - Thanks for Japan news
* Billy - Chikan experience
Japan News Roundup
* McDonald’s Japan wants to make you a star!
* Another vendor to take a shot at red hots
* Gangster apologizes for shooting wrong man
* Yokohama unleashes manners patrol
* The boomerang does come back in space
* Legal news from Japan
* Japan condemns roo cull as hypocrisy
* Single households the majority
* More than half of Japanese use mobiles in bath
* Woman reaches settlement with temple over “purification”
* Cinema drops plans to screen Yasukuni movie
* Chiba cop copies porn evidence for personal use
* Police enticing elderly to surrender driver’s licenses
* University professor demands sex for doctorate
* Teacher accused of abusing disabled student
* Man arrested for stripping schoolgirl of underpants
Music
* Mr. Lovely by Beth Thornley (Podsafe Music Network)
* Forest In The Morning by Fumitaka Anzai (Podsafe Music Network)
* Maybe I’m Amazed by Blake Morgan (Podsafe Music Network)
Links of Interest
* Len Cullum
* Larry Simon
* Shoji story on Japundit
* Billy’s Blog
* Billy’s chikan adventure
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
Contact: podcast@japundit.com