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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodehttps://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/s/W6Nzf7MCIi「自己責任」が重すぎる──増える「子どもがほしくない20代」https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/72e4f720645a3abf4c3f558ff5e800015e536e0f?page=139 elementary school students sent to the hospital due to suspected heatstroke after sports day pr…

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeStudio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki: "The Golden Age of Anime Has Passed"https://www.cbr.com/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-anime-golden-age-over/Kanagawa woman arrested for calling police 1,200 times in 8 days, saying “Merry Christmas, Die!”https://soranews24.co…

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeWhy the Japanese Yen is Collapsinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSsPXlql18Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Now, Japan hates him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFn6gWYMDpoNew Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese localshtt…

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodehttps://soranews24.com/2024/04/26/japanese-city-loses-residents-personal-data-which-was-on-paper-being-transported-on-a-windy-day/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/4955c6d472ab-update1-yen-sinks-to-157-range-vs-dollar-new-34-yr-low.htmlhttps://www…

Wanna become a supporter? https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeWeak yen may actually deter Bank of Japan from hiking rates soonhttps://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/weak-yen-may-actually-deter-bank-japan-hiking-rates-soon-2024-04-11/Japan and NASA plan a historic lunar RV roadtrip togetherhttps://www.popsci.c…

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Want to show your support? https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan adds four new industries to skilled foreign worker visahttps://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-adds-driver-railway-roles-to-skilled-foreign-worker-visaExplainer: Japan hiked interest rates. Why is the yen falling?https://www.reuters.com/ma…

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeForced head shave for transgender inmate a human rights violation: Osaka lawyershttps://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240312/p2a/00m/0na/007000cJapan high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutionalhttps://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/44aa6f4…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeLDP Members Quit as Division Heads after ‘Inappropriate’ Gathering; Dancer Reportedly Performed in Scanty Outfithttps://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20240309-173549/ソフト・オン・デマンドの“新作ビデオ”が「あきらかにDJ SODA」と批判噴出→「諸般の事情」で発売中止にhttps://news.y…

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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapanese court approves nonsterilized trans man's gender changehttps://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/ccc37861b206-update1-japan-court-approves-nonsterilized-trans-mans-gender-change.htmlJapan's marriage agencies going bankrupt at record rate as matchi…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeANA planes in minor collision at Osaka airport, no one hurthttps://english.kyodonews.net/news/20...Mt. Fuji climbers to face 2,000 yen fees amid overtourism concernshttps://english.kyodonews.net/news/20...Japan’s Homo Sausage now comes with cheesehttps://s…

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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode Man believed to be long-time fugitive Satoshi Kirishima detained in Japan: reports - The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/26/japan/crime-legal/fugitive-radical-caught/Japan's foreign worker population tops 2 million for first time htt…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan’s biggest dating app says young people not interested in romance, creates AI girlfriend app | SoraNews24 -Japan News- https://soranews24.com/2024/01/18/japans-biggest-dating-app-says-young-people-not-interested-in-romance-creates-ai-girlfriend-app/Ja…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeロマンス詐欺で起訴の巡査の女を懲戒免職　カナダ人医師名乗り女性２人に９０万円振り込ませたか　大阪府警西成署に勤務 https://www.asahi.co.jp/webnews/pages/abc_23295.htmlStudent letters from 1923 Kanto quake preserved by kin of U.S. president https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/a10cf423123b-feature-student-le…

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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode Ohtani, Dodgers agree to 10-year, $700M deal | theScore.com https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2787980 Third victim of UNLV campus shooting identified by coroner https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/third-victim-of-unlv-campus-shooting-identified-by-co…

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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode'He brainwashed her': Tokyo woman says daughter was lured by 'host,' ran up huge tab - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231122/p2a/00m/0na/022000cFOCUS: Barking deer in Japan causing havoc for human population https://english.kyodonews.n…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeCar rams into Israeli Embassy barricade in Tokyo, injures officer https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/11/5cdb465c1670-car-rams-into-israeli-embassy-fence-in-tokyo-injures-police-officer.htmlNo ex-Johnny's singers cast for NHK year-end show after sex sc…

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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeReddit - Dive into anything https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/s/G6ynFk096W7-meter spear from hit anime "Evangelion" installed in western Japan https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/11/509ff1582d88-7-meter-spear-from-hit-anime-evangelio…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food | Japan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/25/japan-strange-annoying-youtuber-from-abroad-fidias-accused-dodging-train-fares-stealing-food25-yr-old…

Articles from this week's episodeSeptember foreign entries to Japan at 2.2 mil., 96% of pre-pandemic level https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/2f462cdbbaae-sept-foreign-entries-to-japan-at-22-mil-96-of-pre-pandemic-level.htmlJapan to OK train fee hikes over holidays amid "overtourism" concerns https://english.kyodonews.net/…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeMitch on Fish and Rice https://youtu.be/okfepfri7A4?si=BcbNZcfhXan6GUoDUnidentified man found with brain injury, carrying Japanese currency in L.A. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/unidentified-man-found-with-traumatic-brain-injury-in-san-pedro/Japan lawma…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan government plans to seek court order to dissolve Unification Church https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/a887888a706b-update1-japan-govt-plans-to-seek-court-order-to-dissolve-unification-church.html80 women arrested in Tokyo's Kabukicho for all…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeAt 90, oldest female McDonald's Japan staffer shares longevity secrets - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230922/p2a/00m/0bu/007000c【独自】24歳女性死亡「結婚の予定」　「1週間前 SNS既読なし」　20分間暴行を受けたか｜FNNプライムオンライン https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/591758 Japan pha…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode若手医師「100連勤・月200時間超の残業」で自殺...院長は『自己研鑽』と説明　一方で同僚ら語る過酷な環境　悔いる母「全国の医師に関わる問題」（MBSニュース） - Yahoo!ニュース https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/828deb502adf5fd46f8665f9c6c372fa3d79da4aCentenarians in Japan hit record 92,139, women account for 88% https://english.kyodonew…

0:00 Intro / Ricky Is a Human (Mitch forgets to roll intro video)2:30 The TV Story7:30 Sakurajima Foot Bath13:10 Mitch Is Obsessed with the I've Had It Podcast14:55 Idiot Streamers Invading Japan28:00 Jonny's Scandal Continues31:50 Discussing ONE OK ROCK's Concert35:10 Looms and The Odyssey36:50 Same-Sex Marriage in Japan 40:51 Don't Come to Shibuy…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJust a moment... https://japanjunky.com/what-is-kanreki/Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863271/japanese-youtuber-lets-play-copyright-infringement-steins-ga…

1:00 Mitch has positive news!9:38 Kishida eats 'safe and delicious' Fukushima fishhttps://nypost.com/2023/08/31/the-simpsons-predicted-japanese-prime-minister-eating-radioactive-fukushima-fish-fans-say/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/30/japan/kishida-fukushima-fish/11:03 Chinese boycotts of Japanese products continue to cancel tripshttps:…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode8-yr-old girl dies of suspected heatstroke after PE class at Hokkaido school - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230823/p2a/00m/0na/001000cJapan to require day nurseries, schools to block sex offenders from jobs https://english.kyodonews.…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan economy gets major boost from weak currency - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66506126[C/W] DJ Soda addresses the sexual assault she faced during a performance in Japan and the secondary harassment she received online | allkpop https://www…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeMore students studying abroad despite having to bear higher costs | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14979372China lifts ban on group tours to Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News https://www3.nhk.or.jp/n…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapan junior high students average 12% correct answers in English oral test https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/07/9ed466e60cbe-japan-jr-high-kids-average-12-correct-answers-in-english-oral-test.htmlOver 140 Japan-born foreign minors to get special per…

This week, Natsuki and Mitch talk about Japan's deadly heat stroke problem, bullying in Japanese schools, Japan's Bigmotor scandal, and more!Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode熱中症疑いで搬送された山形の女子中学生が死亡…部活動後の帰宅途中に路上で倒れる : 読売新聞 https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20230729-OYT1T50294/'Foreigners a…

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode: Nintendo's Famicom game console marks 40th anniversary | The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/15/business/tech/nintendo-nes-famicom-40th-anniversary/ Reveler fatally crushed by 1-ton float at Hakata Gion festival | The Asahi Shimbun…

Stolen Pokemon cards mishandled by police, a World Heritage temple vandalized by a foreign teen, a woman whose citizenship was suddenly revoked in Japan, and more! Mitch and Ricky talk about the top news in Japan!Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeWorld Heritage temple in Nara vandalized by…

USJETAA's Jessyca Livingston (Hokkaido 2003-06) talks with Hollywood screenwriter Eirene Tran Donohue (Nagasaki 2002-04) about her recent #1 Netflix movie, A Tourist's Guide to Love, and how JET did and continues to inform her work.

This week, Mitch and Natsuki talk about a disturbing American TV show following the life of a man who lived through the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, a new One Piece restaurant opening in Japan, why Pokemon cards are the target of theft in Japan, and more!Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeKiyosh…

This week, Mitch and not Natsuki talk about how Japan sends a man to tell women how to do their job, how Japan's government might be replacing ALTs, a misunderstanding that caused panic in a Tokyo train, an actress who made an AI generated swimsuit book, and more! Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week…

This week, Mitch and Ricky talk about a giant crane game, a million dollar lawsuit against sushi terrorist, a billion dollar lawsuit against Nissan for conspiracy, and several times Japan's government has commited questionable acts recently! If you would like to support the show, please check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan …