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04: Birth Rate Blues + Our Favorite Books About Japan

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HARK! It’s time for Episode 4 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE podcast!

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!

NEWS: The guys have an update about tourism in Japan (spoilers: it doesn’t sound like much fun) and then share thoughts on the recent Washington Post article titled Japan records its largest natural population decline as births fall.

FEATURE: Pat and Matt discuss some (but not all) of their favorite books about Japan!

Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics

Inside the Robot Kingdom

Behind the Mask

Pink Samurai

Embracing Defeat

A History of Tokyo from Edo to Showa

LINKS!

Pure TokyoScope on Twitter

Matt Alt on Twitter

Patrick Macias on Twitter

Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content

Theme song by Marxy

  continue reading

110 episodes

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HARK! It’s time for Episode 4 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE podcast!

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!

NEWS: The guys have an update about tourism in Japan (spoilers: it doesn’t sound like much fun) and then share thoughts on the recent Washington Post article titled Japan records its largest natural population decline as births fall.

FEATURE: Pat and Matt discuss some (but not all) of their favorite books about Japan!

Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics

Inside the Robot Kingdom

Behind the Mask

Pink Samurai

Embracing Defeat

A History of Tokyo from Edo to Showa

LINKS!

Pure TokyoScope on Twitter

Matt Alt on Twitter

Patrick Macias on Twitter

Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content

Theme song by Marxy

  continue reading

110 episodes

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