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A podcast about the JET and JET alumni community for the JET and JET alumni community. A debt of gratitude to USJETAA and CLAIR for their support. And special thanks to Percival Constantine (Tarumizu-shi, Kagoshima-ken 2008-2013) for helping to host this podcast on Transistor.
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Government's Evil Fuji Wall Foiled by Meddling Teenagers! | STJ 250
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Earthquake in Japan and Other Nonsense | STJ 254
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Woman Floated from Shizuoka to Chiba in a TUBE | STJ 252
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American 7-11 to Become More Japanese? | STJ 251
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Himeji Castle to Increase Prices for Foreigners Only? | STJ 249
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New Survey Shows Japanese People More Lonely Abroad | STJ 248
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Japanese Can't Communicate with Foreign Coworkers | STJ 247
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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…
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Woman Calls Police 1,200 Times, Threatens Them with Christmas| STJ 245
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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…
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New Foreigner Pricing in Japan?? | STJ 243
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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…
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The biggest Data Theif in Japan: THE WIND | STJ 242
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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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Jimmy Kimmel Says US 'Filthy and Disgusting' | STJ 239
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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…
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Trans Prisoner's Human Rights Abused? | STJ 237
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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…
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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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We talk about Otani, Ghibli, teachers fighting students, and a whole lot more!
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Like the show? Support us on Pateron https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Japan plans to make it possible to revoke the permanent residency status of foreigners who repeatedly fail to pay tax https://goemon-jp.com/vi/news/japan-plans-to-make-it-possible-to-revoke-the-permanent-residency-status-of-foreigners-who-repeatedly-fail-to-pay-tax-1jrLDTGQ…
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Tuna for tuna?? Who thought of this? | STJ 233
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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episodeJapanese women lift skirts, flash ocean to attract lots of fish at annual ceremony【Video】https://soranews24.com/2024/02/15/japanese-women-lift-skirts-flash-ocean-to-attract-lots-of-fish-at-annual-ceremony%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/FOCUS: Japan maglev train pr…
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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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Special Episode: Unpacking Japan | STJ Special
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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…
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Japan's AI Girlfriend Dating App | STJ 229
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One Piece Being Remade by Attack on Titan Creators and Netflix | STJ 228
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Japanese People Have Given Up On Dating? | STJ 227
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Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapanArticles from this week's episode【東中野・西太后(せいたいごう)】中華料理店が炎上中?中国人お断り? | 住もうよ!東中野 https://higashinakano.jp/seitaigou/Nearly half of young Japanese men in survey have never had a girlfriend, zero-boyfriend women rise too | SoraNews24 Japan News https://soranews24.com/2023/12/15/nearly-half-of…
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Baseball GOAT Shohei Ohtani Changes Teams | STJ 226
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Japan's Depressing Practice of Throwing Away Grandma | STJ 225
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Understanding Kyoto's Unspoken Language | STJ 224
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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…
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'Men-Only Train Car' Initiative Sparks Debate in Tokyo | STJ 223
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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/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode Super Mario and Gap Japan team up for new Nintendo clothing line【Photos】 | SoraNews24 Japan News https://soranews24.com/2023/11/10/super-mario-and-gap-japan-team-up-for-new-nintendo-clothing-line%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/ Fukuoka: 6-Year-Old Boy Injured b…
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Japanese Man Breaks into House to Do Woman's Laundry | STJ 221
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Stupid Foreign Streamers are Ruining Japan | STJ 220
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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/…
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Amazing Fan-made Live Action Nausicaä | STJ 218
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Secret Sequal to Totoro that Never Hit Theaters | STJ 217
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Movable Life-sized Gundams for Sale in Japan | STJ 216
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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…
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Japan's Awesome RPG Cosplay Shop | STJ 215
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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…
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Streamers Invade Japan and Egg Pizza | STJ 214
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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…
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Robot Substitues to Replace Coming to Class in Japan | STJ 213
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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…
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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:…
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The Loss of Japan's Ninja Bear | STJ 211
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Unsolved Mysteries of Nara | STJ 210
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Japan's BIGGEST Pokemon Card Display | STJ 209
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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…
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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…
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How Mixed Kids are Treated in Japanese Schools | STJ 207
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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…
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Foreigners FINED for Smoking in Japan | STJ 206
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Japan's Summer is Too Hot to Handle | STJ 205
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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…
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Ep 020 Talking with Screenwriter Eirene Tran Donohue
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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.
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Post War TV About Japan Was Unbelievable | STJ 204
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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…
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