Sexy sex ed to start the new year, but factually. Wizards and marijuana. A man causing crashes to alleviate his stress gives him more stress, and an attempted murder charge.
Then we get into drug mules and boob science. Just the best way to start every new year.
Should idols be booted from the boy bands if they get married? The Japanese public kind of thinks “Yes.”
Where can you bathe and have a tattoo? Beppu has a solution.
Catch up on Yakuza not being punished, the dropping birthrate and one of the biggest mysteries ever, then everyone can get high.
The take from this weeks story:
The 50th episode milestone. Thank you to everyone who has listened so far. This episode takes a slight tone change in the middle as I used a new app to record on my phone and the room was acoustically different.
Just trying to find more ways to work in time to record.
This week, learn about escalator culture, we predict it won’t end well.
Japan leaves the international whaling commission, because they keep trying to NOT kill whales.
Find out how revelers were caught and arrested but not by the cop that forgot his gun in the toilet.
Learn about some of the words of the year.
Some cops beat each other up while other cops do their best not to hurt a dude.
Huawei is in trouble here too and a family restaurant takes a stand that the Japanese government won’t.
Why is slurping ok in Japan? I have theories, but that doesn’t mean I have answers.
Say good-bye to beepers and maybe the president of Renault because he’s being held in the purgatory that is Japanese litigation.
More advice for criminals and other tidbits.
The news of the week is a 3 year old power harassment case, excessive touting (which is a thing, I just learned), a study on if young people are knocking boots, and the standard, Yakuza and Disney are both bastard organizations.
Also, the laws of robotics.
The offending video mentioned in the podcast, which is seriously hard to watch.
Lies on television. Thus proving you should only listen to podcasts. Only podcasts. Maybe even only ones about Japan, specifically the news.
We find out that Japanese pilots like to party, so much so it’s making you late for whatever you want to do.
Japanese politicians aren’t all their cracked up to be, which is a statement I don’t really undertsand.
Plus, two follow ups on previous stories.
The criminally inept return to NinjaNewsJapan. Some laws are changing and the Japanese government tries to find ways to push people to a cashless future so they don’t get robbed of all their money at the same time.
The video mentioned in the podcast:
Post Halloween round-up of stories from Japan. The Yakuza being nice and the normal people getting out of hand.
Then we learn that what you see in anime may not be the best guide forhow to live your life.
Finally, your Amazon sucks compared to my Amazon, for the moment.
Recycling, Japanese people will tell you they are awesome at it. The the government will be like “Shit, we gotta do better.”
Is smoking Mary Jane in Canada the equivalent of smuggling? Might as well be now.
Also, old people porn and cross dressing.
