Podcasts
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
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
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 27, 2024: Noto Peninsula flooding, airspace breaches, lame duck meeting, capital punishment and e-scooter laws
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
Sept. 20, 2024: Marijuana criminalization, whale meat, elders over 100, Shogun and Japanese sushi
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
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 13, 2024: Chinese influx, cash or cashless, child abuse sentencing, Fukushima peaches and posthumous divorce
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
Japan This Week Podcast | Sept. 6, 2024: Made of steel, 4-day workweek, suicide leap, cycling offense and make babies
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
Japan This Week Podcast | August 30, 2024: Rice shortage, China's flyby, dolphins attack, indecent exposure and 'hump dolls'
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
Japan This Week Podcast | August 23, 2024: Shop and pray, Yasukuni graffiti, frequent flyer, at your convenience and Japanese vending machines
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. In this short video podcast on news from Japan, hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong discuss a range of topics including the accommodation of Muslim visitors in Japanese retail spaces,… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | August 16, 2024: Kishida exit, megaquake, rotten egg, idol worship and golden Games
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website. In this episode, hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong discuss Prime Minister Kishida's shocking resignation amid corruption scandals, a megaquake advisory causing panic during Obon Week, and a bizarre egg-throwing… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | August 9, 2024: Market mayhem, the big heat, gun nut, school bullying and 'Have Your Say'
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of the most pressing news stories from Japan. In this episode, Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong delve into the significant drop in the Nikkei index due to global economic concerns, the tragic loss of over 100 lives in Tokyo… Read
Japan This Week Podcast | August 2, 2024: Agony of defeat, OJ on the run, Véron disappearance, suitcase drivers and 'Have Your Say'
Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of the most pressing news stories from Japan. In this episode hosts Jeff Richards and Kamasami Kong discuss the emotional defeat of Japanese judo star Uta Abe at the Paris Olympics, the orange juice shortage in Japan due to… Read
