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Japan This Week Podcast | Nov. 1, 2024: Political turmoil, Tokyo green space battle, tragic crime and Meta fake ad scandal

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today for Nov. 1, 2024. This week, we dive into the aftermath of Japan's recent general election, which has left the ruling coalition in disarray and no party with a majority. We also… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 25, 2024: Crime, carbon emissions and used phones in latest Japan news

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today for Oct. 25, 2024. In this episode, we cover the rise of organized crime and robberies in the Kanto region driven by social media apps, Japan's nuclear energy resurgence to tackle carbon… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 18, 2024: Japan election kickoff, China-Taiwan tensions, Nobel Peace Prize win, cross-dressing crime and quirky Japanese car names

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today . In this episode, Jeff covers election season in Japan, growing tensions between Taiwan and China, an atomic bomb survivors' group receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, a cross-dressing man causing a… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 11, 2024: Where's Megumi? Japan tops for Condé Nast, R-rated Qantas flight, Queen of Villains and Japan rail beginnings

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from Japan Today . In this episode, Jeff and Kong dive into stories of heartbreak, excitement and controversy — including a mother's ongoing search for her abducted daughter, Japan's #1 ranking as the best country… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Oct. 4, 2024: Japan's new PM, national price hikes, Tokyo public drinking ban, death row inmate lawsuit and bullet train 60th anniversary

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff Richards runs solo to bring you the latest stories and reader reactions, including Japan's new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, prices rising yet again across the country, Tokyo's… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 27, 2024: Noto Peninsula flooding, airspace breaches, lame duck meeting, capital punishment and e-scooter laws

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. In this episode, Jeff and Kong discuss the natural disasters plaguing the Noto Peninsula, airspace breaches of Japan by China and Russia, the latest political meeting between Prime Minister Kishida… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 20, 2024: Marijuana criminalization, whale meat, elders over 100, Shogun and Japanese sushi

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff and Kong dive into topics ranging from Japan's upcoming cannabis laws to the resurgence of whale meat in Japan and record-breaking Emmy wins for a Japanese period… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 13, 2024: Chinese influx, cash or cashless, child abuse sentencing, Fukushima peaches and posthumous divorce

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff and Kong dive into the influx of rich Chinese immigrants flocking to Japan, the country's slow adoption of cashless payments, a disturbing court case involving a child… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 6, 2024: Made of steel, 4-day workweek, suicide leap, cycling offense and make babies

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. This week, Jeff and Kong dive into the political debates surrounding the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, the push for a four-day workweek in Japan, a heartbreaking teenage… Read

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Japan This Week Podcast | August 30, 2024: Rice shortage, China's flyby, dolphins attack, indecent exposure and 'hump dolls'

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Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. In this episode, Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong discuss the rice shortage causing panic buying in Japan, the invasion of Japanese airspace by Chinese aircraft, dolphin attacks in Fukui Prefecture,… Read

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