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A quick catch-up on current events in Japan so you know what’s going down.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A weekly roundup of national news, crime, politics and entertainment stories — big and small — featured on the Japan Today website and uploaded every Saturday. A quick catch-up on current events in Japan so you know what’s going down.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fb4aabf50d2984b5e2c19f6ae6469780.jpg"/><googleplay:email>feeds@spreaker.com</googleplay:email><googleplay:description>A weekly roundup of national news, crime, politics and entertainment stories — big and small — featured on the Japan Today website and uploaded every Saturday. A quick catch-up on current events in Japan so you know what’s going down.</googleplay:description><googleplay:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit><item><title>May 17, 2019: Work to 70, Nissan Nosedive, Sex Abuse by Dad, War with Russia? and Halloween Havoc</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/may-17-2019-work-to-70-nissan-nosedive-s</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government wants companies to hire employees until age 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage amid Japan's rapidly graying population; Nissan this week reported that its annual profit nose-dived 57.3% to less than half of what it earned the previous year, and forecast even dimmer future results; a 10-year-old girl who died in January after a series of assaults by her father had earlier been released from protective custody despite his suspected sexual abuse of her; a lawmaker was expelled from the opposition Japan Innovation Party this week after alluding to Japan waging war with Russia to regain control of islands at the center of a territorial dispute and Tokyo's busy Shibuya district has decided to ban drinking alcohol on some streets during the Halloween season  following a number of incidents last year, including the overturning of a small truck.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Work to 70 — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/gov" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/gov</a>'t-to-urge-firms-to-hire-employees-until-age-70-amid-labor-crunch<br /><br />Nissan Nosedive — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nissan-profit-nose-dives-57.3-" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nissan-profit-nose-dives-57.3-</a><br /><br />Fatal Sex Abuse by Dad — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Child-fatally-assaulted-by-father-was-earlier-released-from-custody-despite-his-sexual-abuse-of-her" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Child-fatally-assaulted-by-father-was-earlier-released-from-custody-despite-his-sexual-abuse-of-her</a><br /><br />War with Russia? — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lawmaker-expelled-from-party-over-remarks-about-possible-war-with-Russia" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lawmaker-expelled-from-party-over-remarks-about-possible-war-with-Russia</a><br /><br />Halloween Havoc — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo</a>'s-shibuya-to-ban-drinking-on-streets-during-halloween]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/622030521</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 10:19:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/18141953/622030521_japantoday_may_17_2019_work_to_70_nissan_nosedive_sex_abuse_by_dad_war_with_russia_and_halloween_havoc.mp3" length="20922258" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government wants companies to hire employees until age 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage amid Japan's rapidly graying population; Nissan this week reported that its annual...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government wants companies to hire employees until age 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage amid Japan's rapidly graying population; Nissan this week reported that its annual profit nose-dived 57.3% to less than half of what it earned the previous year, and forecast even dimmer future results; a 10-year-old girl who died in January after a series of assaults by her father had earlier been released from protective custody despite his suspected sexual abuse of her; a lawmaker was expelled from the opposition Japan Innovation Party this week after alluding to Japan waging war with Russia to regain control of islands at the center of a territorial dispute and Tokyo's busy Shibuya district has decided to ban drinking alcohol on some streets during the Halloween season  following a number of incidents last year, including the overturning of a small truck.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Work to 70 — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/gov" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/gov</a>'t-to-urge-firms-to-hire-employees-until-age-70-amid-labor-crunch<br /><br />Nissan Nosedive — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nissan-profit-nose-dives-57.3-" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nissan-profit-nose-dives-57.3-</a><br /><br />Fatal Sex Abuse by Dad — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Child-fatally-assaulted-by-father-was-earlier-released-from-custody-despite-his-sexual-abuse-of-her" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Child-fatally-assaulted-by-father-was-earlier-released-from-custody-despite-his-sexual-abuse-of-her</a><br /><br />War with Russia? — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lawmaker-expelled-from-party-over-remarks-about-possible-war-with-Russia" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lawmaker-expelled-from-party-over-remarks-about-possible-war-with-Russia</a><br /><br />Halloween Havoc — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo</a>'s-shibuya-to-ban-drinking-on-streets-during-halloween]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1045</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government wants companies to hire employees until age 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage amid Japan's rapidly graying population; Nissan this week reported that its annual profit nose-dived 57.3% to less than half of what it earned the previous year, and forecast even dimmer future results; a 10-year-old girl who died in January after a series of assaults by her father had earlier been released from protective custody despite his suspected sexual abuse of her; a lawmaker was expelled from the opposition Japan Innovation Party this week after alluding to Japan waging war with Russia to regain control of islands at the center of a territorial dispute and Tokyo's busy Shibuya district has decided to ban drinking alcohol on some streets during the Halloween season  following a number of incidents last year, including the overturning of a small truck.

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This weeks stories:

Work to 70 — https://japantoday.com/category/business/gov't-to-urge-firms-to-hire-employees-until-age-70-amid-labor-crunch

Nissan Nosedive — https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nissan-profit-nose-dives-57.3-

Fatal Sex Abuse by Dad — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Child-fatally-assaulted-by-father-was-earlier-released-from-custody-despite-his-sexual-abuse-of-her

War with Russia? — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lawmaker-expelled-from-party-over-remarks-about-possible-war-with-Russia

Halloween Havoc — https://japantoday.com/category/national/tokyo's-shibuya-to-ban-drinking-on-streets-during-halloween</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>May 10, 2019: Toddler Deaths, Schoolgirl Suicide, Rope ’n’ Road, Quote of the Day and DIY PM.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/may-10-2019-toddler-deaths-schoolgirl-su</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Two preschoolers were killed and a dozen injured when they were rammed by a car in Shiga Prefecture; verbal abuse and threats by a teacher have been blamed for the suicide of a junior high school girl in Ibaraki Prefecture; two teenagers were arrested for stringing a rope across a road in Osaka Prefecture and clothes lining a 77-year-old woman off her scooter; a quote by American crime reporter and former Japan resident Jake Adelstein inflamed  Japan Today readers plus a social video of the Japanese PM goes viral internationally — and it has nothing to do with politics or scandal.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Toddler Deaths — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Car-hits-group-of-preschoolers-in-Shiga-Pref-2-dead" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Car-hits-group-of-preschoolers-in-Shiga-Pref-2-dead</a><br /><br />Schoolgirl Suicide — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher%E2%80%99s-verbal-abuse-blamed-for-15-year-old-girl%E2%80%99s-suicide" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher%E2%80%99s-verbal-abuse-blamed-for-15-year-old-girl%E2%80%99s-suicide</a><br /><br />Rope ’n’ Road — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-teens-arrested-after-woman-injured-by-rope-across-road" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-teens-arrested-after-woman-injured-by-rope-across-road</a><br /><br />Quote of the Day — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/while-the-japanese-government-relentlessly-promotes-the-image-of-" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/while-the-japanese-government-relentlessly-promotes-the-image-of-</a>'cool-japan'-and-mega-tourism-the-current-reality-is-a-country-run-by-sociopathic-hitler-loving-plutocrats-with-plummeting-press-freedom-endemic-poverty-rising-censorship-deliberate-destruct<br /><br /><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/japan-has-a-new-emperor-naruhito-and-a-new-era-but-a-dark-future-under-shinzo-abe" rel="noopener">https://www.thedailybeast.com/japan-has-a-new-emperor-naruhito-and-a-new-era-but-a-dark-future-under-shinzo-abe</a><br /><br />DIY PM — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/video-of-abe-installing-canadian-door-knocker-goes-global" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/video-of-abe-installing-canadian-door-knocker-goes-global</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/618524013</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 11:19:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17956054/618524013_japantoday_may_10_2019_toddler_deaths_schoolgirl_suicide_rope_n_road_quote_of_the_day_and_diy_pm.mp3" length="18960599" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Two preschoolers were killed and a dozen injured when they were rammed by a car in Shiga Prefecture; verbal abuse and threats by a teacher have been blamed for the suicide of a junior high school girl in Ibaraki...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Two preschoolers were killed and a dozen injured when they were rammed by a car in Shiga Prefecture; verbal abuse and threats by a teacher have been blamed for the suicide of a junior high school girl in Ibaraki Prefecture; two teenagers were arrested for stringing a rope across a road in Osaka Prefecture and clothes lining a 77-year-old woman off her scooter; a quote by American crime reporter and former Japan resident Jake Adelstein inflamed  Japan Today readers plus a social video of the Japanese PM goes viral internationally — and it has nothing to do with politics or scandal.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Toddler Deaths — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Car-hits-group-of-preschoolers-in-Shiga-Pref-2-dead" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Car-hits-group-of-preschoolers-in-Shiga-Pref-2-dead</a><br /><br />Schoolgirl Suicide — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher%E2%80%99s-verbal-abuse-blamed-for-15-year-old-girl%E2%80%99s-suicide" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher%E2%80%99s-verbal-abuse-blamed-for-15-year-old-girl%E2%80%99s-suicide</a><br /><br />Rope ’n’ Road — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-teens-arrested-after-woman-injured-by-rope-across-road" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-teens-arrested-after-woman-injured-by-rope-across-road</a><br /><br />Quote of the Day — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/while-the-japanese-government-relentlessly-promotes-the-image-of-" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/while-the-japanese-government-relentlessly-promotes-the-image-of-</a>'cool-japan'-and-mega-tourism-the-current-reality-is-a-country-run-by-sociopathic-hitler-loving-plutocrats-with-plummeting-press-freedom-endemic-poverty-rising-censorship-deliberate-destruct<br /><br /><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/japan-has-a-new-emperor-naruhito-and-a-new-era-but-a-dark-future-under-shinzo-abe" rel="noopener">https://www.thedailybeast.com/japan-has-a-new-emperor-naruhito-and-a-new-era-but-a-dark-future-under-shinzo-abe</a><br /><br />DIY PM — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/video-of-abe-installing-canadian-door-knocker-goes-global" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/video-of-abe-installing-canadian-door-knocker-goes-global</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>947</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Two preschoolers were killed and a dozen injured when they were rammed by a car in Shiga Prefecture; verbal abuse and threats by a teacher have been blamed for the suicide of a junior high school girl in Ibaraki Prefecture; two teenagers were arrested for stringing a rope across a road in Osaka Prefecture and clothes lining a 77-year-old woman off her scooter; a quote by American crime reporter and former Japan resident Jake Adelstein inflamed  Japan Today readers plus a social video of the Japanese PM goes viral internationally — and it has nothing to do with politics or scandal.

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Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/

This weeks stories:

Toddler Deaths — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Car-hits-group-of-preschoolers-in-Shiga-Pref-2-dead

Schoolgirl Suicide — https://japantoday.com/category/national/teacher%E2%80%99s-verbal-abuse-blamed-for-15-year-old-girl%E2%80%99s-suicide

Rope ’n’ Road — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-teens-arrested-after-woman-injured-by-rope-across-road

Quote of the Day — https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/while-the-japanese-government-relentlessly-promotes-the-image-of-'cool-japan'-and-mega-tourism-the-current-reality-is-a-country-run-by-sociopathic-hitler-loving-plutocrats-with-plummeting-press-freedom-endemic-poverty-rising-censorship-deliberate-destruct

https://www.thedailybeast.com/japan-has-a-new-emperor-naruhito-and-a-new-era-but-a-dark-future-under-shinzo-abe

DIY PM — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/video-of-abe-installing-canadian-door-knocker-goes-global</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>April 26, 2019: Heisei’s Greatest Hits: Bubble, Disaster, Politics, Crime, Pop Culture and more.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/april-26-2019-heisei-s-greatest-hits-bub</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A very quick scan of headlines in Japan this week and then a look back at the last 30 years of Emperor Akihito’s reign and events that shaped the Heisei era, including: the bubble bursts; the earthquake emperor; revolving door politics, criminal minds, fashion pops, toilet technology plus readers look back on Japan and Heisei.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/611668203</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:58:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17812309/611668203_japantoday_april_29_2019_heiseis_greatest_hits_bubble_disaster_politics_crime_pop_culture_and_more.mp3" length="22171301" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: A very quick scan of headlines in Japan this week and then a look back at the last 30 years of Emperor Akihito’s reign and events that shaped the Heisei era, including: the bubble bursts; the earthquake emperor;...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A very quick scan of headlines in Japan this week and then a look back at the last 30 years of Emperor Akihito’s reign and events that shaped the Heisei era, including: the bubble bursts; the earthquake emperor; revolving door politics, criminal minds, fashion pops, toilet technology plus readers look back on Japan and Heisei.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1108</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: A very quick scan of headlines in Japan this week and then a look back at the last 30 years of Emperor Akihito’s reign and events that shaped the Heisei era, including: the bubble bursts; the earthquake emperor; revolving door politics, criminal minds, fashion pops, toilet technology plus readers look back on Japan and Heisei.

Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>April 19, 2019: Micro Racism, Trump Sumo Summit, Toilet Bowl Baby, Train in Vain and Poop Museum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/april-19-2019-micro-racism-trump-sumo-su</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the winner’s trophy; a woman was arrested in Saitama Prefecture after giving birth in a 7-Eleven restroom and leaving the newborn in the toilet bowl; in punctual Japan, an elderly man  in Nagoya who stopped a train from leaving the station by repeatedly preventing the doors from closing goes viral in a video and… that’s it? Plus a poop museum opens in Yokohama.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Micro Racism — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/half-of-foreigners-in-tokyo-experienced-discrimination-survey" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/half-of-foreigners-in-tokyo-experienced-discrimination-survey</a><br /><br />Trump Sumo Summit — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/sumo-trump-wants-to-watch-sumo-during-japan-visit-in-may" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/sumo-trump-wants-to-watch-sumo-during-japan-visit-in-may</a><br /><br />Toilet Bowl Baby — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-baby-after-giving-birth-in-store-bathroom" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-baby-after-giving-birth-in-store-bathroom</a><br /><br />Train in Vain — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-stops-train-from-leaving-station-in-japan-video-goes-viral-online" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-stops-train-from-leaving-station-in-japan-video-goes-viral-online</a><br /><br />Poop Museum — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-show-tries-to-clean-up-poop" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-show-tries-to-clean-up-poop</a>'s-image]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/608288442</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17812310/608288442_japantoday_april_19_2019_micro_racism_trump_sumo_summit_toilet_bowl_baby_train_in_vain_and_poop_museum.mp3" length="19376825" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the winner’s trophy; a woman was arrested in Saitama Prefecture after giving birth in a 7-Eleven restroom and leaving the newborn in the toilet bowl; in punctual Japan, an elderly man  in Nagoya who stopped a train from leaving the station by repeatedly preventing the doors from closing goes viral in a video and… that’s it? Plus a poop museum opens in Yokohama.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Micro Racism — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/half-of-foreigners-in-tokyo-experienced-discrimination-survey" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/half-of-foreigners-in-tokyo-experienced-discrimination-survey</a><br /><br />Trump Sumo Summit — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/sumo-trump-wants-to-watch-sumo-during-japan-visit-in-may" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/sumo-trump-wants-to-watch-sumo-during-japan-visit-in-may</a><br /><br />Toilet Bowl Baby — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-baby-after-giving-birth-in-store-bathroom" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-baby-after-giving-birth-in-store-bathroom</a><br /><br />Train in Vain — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-stops-train-from-leaving-station-in-japan-video-goes-viral-online" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-stops-train-from-leaving-station-in-japan-video-goes-viral-online</a><br /><br />Poop Museum — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-show-tries-to-clean-up-poop" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-show-tries-to-clean-up-poop</a>'s-image]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>968</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the winner’s trophy; a woman was arrested in Saitama Prefecture after giving birth in a 7-Eleven restroom and leaving the newborn in the toilet bowl; in punctual Japan, an elderly man  in Nagoya who stopped a train from leaving the station by repeatedly preventing the doors from closing goes viral in a video and… that’s it? Plus a poop museum opens in Yokohama.

Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

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This weeks stories:

Micro Racism — https://japantoday.com/category/national/half-of-foreigners-in-tokyo-experienced-discrimination-survey

Trump Sumo Summit — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/sumo-trump-wants-to-watch-sumo-during-japan-visit-in-may

Toilet Bowl Baby — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-baby-after-giving-birth-in-store-bathroom

Train in Vain — https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-stops-train-from-leaving-station-in-japan-video-goes-viral-online

Poop Museum — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-museum-show-tries-to-clean-up-poop's-image</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Apr 12 2019: The Defiant One, Foot-in-Mouth Disease, Like a Virgin, Fashion Police and Mango Tango.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/apr-12-2019-the-defiant-one-foot-in-mout</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after comments deemed insulting to people in the Tohoku area who suffered after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami; a new study released by the ministry of health finds that the number of Japanese adults in their 30s with absolutely no sexual experience is increasing;” police in Fukuoka Prefecture are using fashion shows to recruit college-age women to join the force plus a pair of mangoes has sold for $4,500 in Miyazaki Prefecture.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />The Defiant One — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/in-video-ghosn-says-he-is-innocent-and-victim-of-backstabbing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/in-video-ghosn-says-he-is-innocent-and-victim-of-backstabbing</a><br /><br />Foot-in-Mouth Disease — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-olympic-minister-resigns-over-disaster-gaffe" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-olympic-minister-resigns-over-disaster-gaffe</a><br /><br />Like a Virgin — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/virgin-territory-study-shows-sexual-inexperience-rising-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/virgin-territory-study-shows-sexual-inexperience-rising-in-japan</a><br /><br />Fashion Police — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fukuoka-police-tackle-shortage-of-female-recruits-via-fashion-show" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fukuoka-police-tackle-shortage-of-female-recruits-via-fashion-show</a><br /><br />Mango Tango — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/pair-of-mangoes-goes-for-record-500-000-yen-at-first-auction" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/pair-of-mangoes-goes-for-record-500-000-yen-at-first-auction</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/604868694</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:02:29 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17665833/604868694_japantoday_april_5_2019_the_defiant_one_foot_in_mouth_disease_like_a_virgin_fashion_police_and_mango_tango.mp3" length="20119897" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after comments deemed insulting to people in the Tohoku area who suffered after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami; a new study released by the ministry of health finds that the number of Japanese adults in their 30s with absolutely no sexual experience is increasing;” police in Fukuoka Prefecture are using fashion shows to recruit college-age women to join the force plus a pair of mangoes has sold for $4,500 in Miyazaki Prefecture.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />The Defiant One — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/in-video-ghosn-says-he-is-innocent-and-victim-of-backstabbing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/in-video-ghosn-says-he-is-innocent-and-victim-of-backstabbing</a><br /><br />Foot-in-Mouth Disease — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-olympic-minister-resigns-over-disaster-gaffe" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-olympic-minister-resigns-over-disaster-gaffe</a><br /><br />Like a Virgin — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/virgin-territory-study-shows-sexual-inexperience-rising-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/virgin-territory-study-shows-sexual-inexperience-rising-in-japan</a><br /><br />Fashion Police — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fukuoka-police-tackle-shortage-of-female-recruits-via-fashion-show" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fukuoka-police-tackle-shortage-of-female-recruits-via-fashion-show</a><br /><br />Mango Tango — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/pair-of-mangoes-goes-for-record-500-000-yen-at-first-auction" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/pair-of-mangoes-goes-for-record-500-000-yen-at-first-auction</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1005</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after comments deemed insulting to people in the Tohoku area who suffered after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami; a new study released by the ministry of health finds that the number of Japanese adults in their 30s with absolutely no sexual experience is increasing;” police in Fukuoka Prefecture are using fashion shows to recruit college-age women to join the force plus a pair of mangoes has sold for $4,500 in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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This weeks stories:

The Defiant One — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/in-video-ghosn-says-he-is-innocent-and-victim-of-backstabbing

Foot-in-Mouth Disease — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-olympic-minister-resigns-over-disaster-gaffe

Like a Virgin — https://japantoday.com/category/national/virgin-territory-study-shows-sexual-inexperience-rising-in-japan

Fashion Police — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fukuoka-police-tackle-shortage-of-female-recruits-via-fashion-show

Mango Tango — https://japantoday.com/category/national/pair-of-mangoes-goes-for-record-500-000-yen-at-first-auction</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>March 29 2019: Emperors New Groove, AWOL University, No Eat’n’Go, Bathroom Cadaver and Hooters Bust.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/march-29-2019-emperors-new-groove-awol-u</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is issuing a city-wide ordinance against people walking while eating; police have arrested an Osaka man for keeping the body of his dead mother in his bathroom for 10 months plus we stay abreast of the news that Hooters Japan is going — bust.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This week's stories:<br /><br />Emperors New Groove — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/updating-software-shaping-history-new-imperial-era-name-looms-large-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/updating-software-shaping-history-new-imperial-era-name-looms-large-in-japan</a><br /><br />AWOL University — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/univ.-campus-inspected-after-1-400-foreign-students-go-awol" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/univ.-campus-inspected-after-1-400-foreign-students-go-awol</a><br /><br />No Eat’n’Go — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/kamakura-passes-ordinance-against-eating-on-the-go" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/kamakura-passes-ordinance-against-eating-on-the-go</a><br /><br />Bathroom Cadaver — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-bathroom-since-her-death-last-august" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-bathroom-since-her-death-last-august</a><br /><br />Hooters Busts — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/hooters-goes-bust-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/hooters-goes-bust-in-japan</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/597787566</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:04:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17507586/597787566_japantoday_march_29_2019_emperors_new_groove_awol_university_no_eatngo_bathroom_cadaver_and_hooters_bust.mp3" length="18266230" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is issuing a city-wide ordinance against people walking while eating; police have arrested an Osaka man for keeping the body of his dead mother in his bathroom for 10 months plus we stay abreast of the news that Hooters Japan is going — bust.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This week's stories:<br /><br />Emperors New Groove — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/updating-software-shaping-history-new-imperial-era-name-looms-large-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/updating-software-shaping-history-new-imperial-era-name-looms-large-in-japan</a><br /><br />AWOL University — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/univ.-campus-inspected-after-1-400-foreign-students-go-awol" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/univ.-campus-inspected-after-1-400-foreign-students-go-awol</a><br /><br />No Eat’n’Go — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/kamakura-passes-ordinance-against-eating-on-the-go" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/kamakura-passes-ordinance-against-eating-on-the-go</a><br /><br />Bathroom Cadaver — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-bathroom-since-her-death-last-august" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-bathroom-since-her-death-last-august</a><br /><br />Hooters Busts — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/hooters-goes-bust-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/hooters-goes-bust-in-japan</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>912</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is issuing a city-wide ordinance against people walking while eating; police have arrested an Osaka man for keeping the body of his dead mother in his bathroom for 10 months plus we stay abreast of the news that Hooters Japan is going — bust.

Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

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This week's stories:

Emperors New Groove — https://japantoday.com/category/national/updating-software-shaping-history-new-imperial-era-name-looms-large-in-japan

AWOL University — https://japantoday.com/category/national/univ.-campus-inspected-after-1-400-foreign-students-go-awol

No Eat’n’Go — https://japantoday.com/category/national/kamakura-passes-ordinance-against-eating-on-the-go

Bathroom Cadaver — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-mother%E2%80%99s-body-in-bathroom-since-her-death-last-august

Hooters Busts — https://japantoday.com/category/business/hooters-goes-bust-in-japan</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>March 22, 2019: Child Abuse Ban, Court Murder, Killer Robots, Election Objection and Invisible Man.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/march-22-2019-child-abuse-ban-court-murd</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court; Japan plans to back a resolution in the U.N. opposing the creation of “killer robots;” a Hyogo Prefecture former mayor who quit last month over abusive language directed at another official has been re-elected plus the author of “Invisible Man,” Ralph Ellison, visited Japan in 1957 a few years after his iconic novel was published.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Get updated via our telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/japanthisweek" rel="noopener">https://t.me/japanthisweek</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Child Abuse Ban — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-gov" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-gov</a>'t-oks-plan-to-ban-parents-from-physically-punishing-children<br /><br />Family Court Murder — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-over-murder-of-wife-at-Tokyo-Family-Court" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-over-murder-of-wife-at-Tokyo-Family-Court</a><br /><br />Killer Robots — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-back-int" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-back-int</a>'l-efforts-to-regulate-ai-equipped-killer-robots<br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs — <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Election Objection — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-mayor-of-japan-city-who-quit-over-verbal-abuse-wins-re-election" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-mayor-of-japan-city-who-quit-over-verbal-abuse-wins-re-election</a><br /><br />Invisible Man — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/ralph-ellison-makes-himself-visible-in-1950%E2%80%99s-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/ralph-ellison-makes-himself-visible-in-1950%E2%80%99s-japan</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/594027243</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:16:56 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17507588/594027243_japantoday_march_22_2019_child_abuse_ban_court_murder_killer_robots_election_objection_and_invisible_man.mp3" length="20344617" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court;...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court; Japan plans to back a resolution in the U.N. opposing the creation of “killer robots;” a Hyogo Prefecture former mayor who quit last month over abusive language directed at another official has been re-elected plus the author of “Invisible Man,” Ralph Ellison, visited Japan in 1957 a few years after his iconic novel was published.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Get updated via our telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/japanthisweek" rel="noopener">https://t.me/japanthisweek</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Child Abuse Ban — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-gov" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-gov</a>'t-oks-plan-to-ban-parents-from-physically-punishing-children<br /><br />Family Court Murder — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-over-murder-of-wife-at-Tokyo-Family-Court" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-over-murder-of-wife-at-Tokyo-Family-Court</a><br /><br />Killer Robots — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-back-int" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-back-int</a>'l-efforts-to-regulate-ai-equipped-killer-robots<br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs — <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Election Objection — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-mayor-of-japan-city-who-quit-over-verbal-abuse-wins-re-election" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-mayor-of-japan-city-who-quit-over-verbal-abuse-wins-re-election</a><br /><br />Invisible Man — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/ralph-ellison-makes-himself-visible-in-1950%E2%80%99s-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/ralph-ellison-makes-himself-visible-in-1950%E2%80%99s-japan</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1016</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court; Japan plans to back a resolution in the U.N. opposing the creation of “killer robots;” a Hyogo Prefecture former mayor who quit last month over abusive language directed at another official has been re-elected plus the author of “Invisible Man,” Ralph Ellison, visited Japan in 1957 a few years after his iconic novel was published.

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This weeks stories:

Child Abuse Ban — https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-japan-gov't-oks-plan-to-ban-parents-from-physically-punishing-children

Family Court Murder — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-over-murder-of-wife-at-Tokyo-Family-Court

Killer Robots — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-back-int'l-efforts-to-regulate-ai-equipped-killer-robots

GaijinPot Jobs — https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/

Election Objection — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-mayor-of-japan-city-who-quit-over-verbal-abuse-wins-re-election

Invisible Man — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/ralph-ellison-makes-himself-visible-in-1950%E2%80%99s-japan</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>March 15, 2019: Virgin Suicides, Too Far Ghosn, Smugglers Blues, Your Name? and The Flame.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/march-15-2019-virgin-suicides-too-far-gh</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders  to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as director; a Canadian man has been indicted for trying to smuggle a record haul of illegal drugs into Japan; a teenager in Yamanashi Prefecture has been granted approval from the courts to change his unusual given name to a more traditional one plus Tokyo Olympic organizers say the torch relay will begin at a revamped soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture next year.<br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Virgin Suicides — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/two-12-yr-old-girls-in-apparent-suicide-note-hints-at-bullying" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/two-12-yr-old-girls-in-apparent-suicide-note-hints-at-bullying</a><br /><br />Too Far Ghosn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-asking-shareholders-to-vote-to-oust-ghosn-as-director" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-asking-shareholders-to-vote-to-oust-ghosn-as-director</a><br /><br />Smugglers Blues — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/canadian-man-indicted-for-smuggling-record-amount-of-stimulant-drugs-to-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/canadian-man-indicted-for-smuggling-record-amount-of-stimulant-drugs-to-japan</a><br /><br />Your Name? — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-teenager-ashamed-of-given-name-prince-adopts-traditional-one" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-teenager-ashamed-of-given-name-prince-adopts-traditional-one</a><br /><br />The Flame — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-games-torch-relay-to-start-at-j-village-in-fukushima" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-games-torch-relay-to-start-at-j-village-in-fukushima</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/590425539</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:53:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17356386/590425539_japantoday_march_15_2019_virgin_suicides_too_far_ghosn_smugglers_blues_your_name_and_the_flame.mp3" length="21775499" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders  to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders  to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as director; a Canadian man has been indicted for trying to smuggle a record haul of illegal drugs into Japan; a teenager in Yamanashi Prefecture has been granted approval from the courts to change his unusual given name to a more traditional one plus Tokyo Olympic organizers say the torch relay will begin at a revamped soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture next year.<br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Virgin Suicides — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/two-12-yr-old-girls-in-apparent-suicide-note-hints-at-bullying" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/two-12-yr-old-girls-in-apparent-suicide-note-hints-at-bullying</a><br /><br />Too Far Ghosn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-asking-shareholders-to-vote-to-oust-ghosn-as-director" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-asking-shareholders-to-vote-to-oust-ghosn-as-director</a><br /><br />Smugglers Blues — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/canadian-man-indicted-for-smuggling-record-amount-of-stimulant-drugs-to-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/canadian-man-indicted-for-smuggling-record-amount-of-stimulant-drugs-to-japan</a><br /><br />Your Name? — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-teenager-ashamed-of-given-name-prince-adopts-traditional-one" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-teenager-ashamed-of-given-name-prince-adopts-traditional-one</a><br /><br />The Flame — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-games-torch-relay-to-start-at-j-village-in-fukushima" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-games-torch-relay-to-start-at-j-village-in-fukushima</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1088</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders  to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as director; a Canadian man has been indicted for trying to smuggle a record haul of illegal drugs into Japan; a teenager in Yamanashi Prefecture has been granted approval from the courts to change his unusual given name to a more traditional one plus Tokyo Olympic organizers say the torch relay will begin at a revamped soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture next year.

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This weeks stories:

Virgin Suicides — https://japantoday.com/category/national/two-12-yr-old-girls-in-apparent-suicide-note-hints-at-bullying

Too Far Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/business/nissan-asking-shareholders-to-vote-to-oust-ghosn-as-director

Smugglers Blues — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/canadian-man-indicted-for-smuggling-record-amount-of-stimulant-drugs-to-japan

Your Name? — https://japantoday.com/category/national/update1-teenager-ashamed-of-given-name-prince-adopts-traditional-one

The Flame — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-games-torch-relay-to-start-at-j-village-in-fukushima</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>March 8, 2019: Ghosn Free, Abuse by Pachinko, Too Cool Koike, Yokohama Rocks and Shibuya Tsunami</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/march-8-2019-ghosn-free-abuse-by-pachink</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her hands in her pockets?; Yokohama is rated the best city in the Kanto area to live for the second year in a row plus a banner fixed to a building at Shibuya’s busy Scramble Crossing shows the height the 2011 Tohoku tsunami would have reached had it hit Shibuya.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Free — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-posts-%C2%A51-billion-bail-released-after-108-days-in-detention" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-posts-%C2%A51-billion-bail-released-after-108-days-in-detention</a><br /><br />Abuse by Pachinko — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/mother-boyfriend-leave-3-year-old-daughter-with-severe-burns-at-home-while-they-play-pachinko" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/mother-boyfriend-leave-3-year-old-daughter-with-severe-burns-at-home-while-they-play-pachinko</a><br /><br />Too Cool Koike — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/tokyo-governor-criticized-for-rudeness-of-putting-hands-in-pockets-during-tokyo-marathon-ceremony-2" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/tokyo-governor-criticized-for-rudeness-of-putting-hands-in-pockets-during-tokyo-marathon-ceremony-2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs — <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Yokohama Rocks — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/yokohama-ranks-as-most-desirable-city-for-living-in-kanto-for-the-second-year-in-a-row" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/yokohama-ranks-as-most-desirable-city-for-living-in-kanto-for-the-second-year-in-a-row</a><br /><br />Shibuya Tsunami — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Banner-showing-3-11-tsunami-height-hung-at-Shibuya%E2%80%99s-scramble-crossing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Banner-showing-3-11-tsunami-height-hung-at-Shibuya%E2%80%99s-scramble-crossing</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/586834509</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17356382/586834509_japantoday_march_8_2019_ghosn_free_abuse_by_pachinko_too_cool_koike_yokohama_rocks_and_shibuya_tsunami.mp3" length="21585597" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her hands in her pockets?; Yokohama is rated the best city in the Kanto area to live for the second year in a row plus a banner fixed to a building at Shibuya’s busy Scramble Crossing shows the height the 2011 Tohoku tsunami would have reached had it hit Shibuya.<br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />Japan Today: <a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs: <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Free — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-posts-%C2%A51-billion-bail-released-after-108-days-in-detention" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-posts-%C2%A51-billion-bail-released-after-108-days-in-detention</a><br /><br />Abuse by Pachinko — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/mother-boyfriend-leave-3-year-old-daughter-with-severe-burns-at-home-while-they-play-pachinko" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/mother-boyfriend-leave-3-year-old-daughter-with-severe-burns-at-home-while-they-play-pachinko</a><br /><br />Too Cool Koike — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/tokyo-governor-criticized-for-rudeness-of-putting-hands-in-pockets-during-tokyo-marathon-ceremony-2" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/tokyo-governor-criticized-for-rudeness-of-putting-hands-in-pockets-during-tokyo-marathon-ceremony-2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Jobs — <a href="https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />Yokohama Rocks — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/yokohama-ranks-as-most-desirable-city-for-living-in-kanto-for-the-second-year-in-a-row" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/yokohama-ranks-as-most-desirable-city-for-living-in-kanto-for-the-second-year-in-a-row</a><br /><br />Shibuya Tsunami — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Banner-showing-3-11-tsunami-height-hung-at-Shibuya%E2%80%99s-scramble-crossing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Banner-showing-3-11-tsunami-height-hung-at-Shibuya%E2%80%99s-scramble-crossing</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1078</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her hands in her pockets?; Yokohama is rated the best city in the Kanto area to live for the second year in a row plus a banner fixed to a building at Shibuya’s busy Scramble Crossing shows the height the 2011 Tohoku tsunami would have reached had it hit Shibuya.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Free — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-posts-%C2%A51-billion-bail-released-after-108-days-in-detention

Abuse by Pachinko — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/mother-boyfriend-leave-3-year-old-daughter-with-severe-burns-at-home-while-they-play-pachinko

Too Cool Koike — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/tokyo-governor-criticized-for-rudeness-of-putting-hands-in-pockets-during-tokyo-marathon-ceremony-2

GaijinPot Jobs — https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/

Yokohama Rocks — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/yokohama-ranks-as-most-desirable-city-for-living-in-kanto-for-the-second-year-in-a-row

Shibuya Tsunami — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Banner-showing-3-11-tsunami-height-hung-at-Shibuya%E2%80%99s-scramble-crossing</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Feb 22, 2019: Abe Bad Bromance, Kidnap Custody, Ms. Robot, Exposer, Testy Tubes and Audrey Hepburn.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/feb-22-2019-abe-bad-bromance-kidnap-cust</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in the kitchen; a woman killed another resident after she was transferred from one psychiatric facicilty to another claiming she is “a robot;” the number one annoyance for Japanese train commuters plus Audrey Hepburn — 26 years after her death the iconic film star and UNICEF spokesperson is still idolized by the Japanese as the “eternal fairy.”<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Abe Bad Bromance — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abe-mum-on-reports-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abe-mum-on-reports-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize</a><br /><br />Kidnap Custody — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-revise-child-custody-rules-to-enforce-handovers" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-revise-child-custody-rules-to-enforce-handovers</a><br /><br />Ms. Robot — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-in-mental-institution-who-killed-another-patient-says-she-is-robot" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-in-mental-institution-who-killed-another-patient-says-she-is-robot</a><br /><br />Exposer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Video-of-Ootoya-restaurant-employee-exposing-himself-posted-online" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Video-of-Ootoya-restaurant-employee-exposing-himself-posted-online</a><br /><br />Testy Tubes — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/lapses-in-commuter-manners-change-with-the-times" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/lapses-in-commuter-manners-change-with-the-times</a><br /><br />Audrey Hepburn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/audrey-hepburn-casts-a-spell-over-post-war-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/audrey-hepburn-casts-a-spell-over-post-war-japan</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/579474951</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:23:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17207502/579474951_japantoday_feb_22_2019_abe_bad_bromance_kidnap_custody_ms_robot_exposer_testy_tubes_and_audrey_hepburn.mp3" length="23597493" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in the kitchen; a woman killed another resident after she was transferred from one psychiatric facicilty to another claiming she is “a robot;” the number one annoyance for Japanese train commuters plus Audrey Hepburn — 26 years after her death the iconic film star and UNICEF spokesperson is still idolized by the Japanese as the “eternal fairy.”<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Abe Bad Bromance — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abe-mum-on-reports-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abe-mum-on-reports-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize</a><br /><br />Kidnap Custody — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-revise-child-custody-rules-to-enforce-handovers" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-revise-child-custody-rules-to-enforce-handovers</a><br /><br />Ms. Robot — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-in-mental-institution-who-killed-another-patient-says-she-is-robot" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-in-mental-institution-who-killed-another-patient-says-she-is-robot</a><br /><br />Exposer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Video-of-Ootoya-restaurant-employee-exposing-himself-posted-online" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Video-of-Ootoya-restaurant-employee-exposing-himself-posted-online</a><br /><br />Testy Tubes — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/lapses-in-commuter-manners-change-with-the-times" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/lapses-in-commuter-manners-change-with-the-times</a><br /><br />Audrey Hepburn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/audrey-hepburn-casts-a-spell-over-post-war-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/audrey-hepburn-casts-a-spell-over-post-war-japan</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1179</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in the kitchen; a woman killed another resident after she was transferred from one psychiatric facicilty to another claiming she is “a robot;” the number one annoyance for Japanese train commuters plus Audrey Hepburn — 26 years after her death the iconic film star and UNICEF spokesperson is still idolized by the Japanese as the “eternal fairy.”

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This weeks stories:

Abe Bad Bromance — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/abe-mum-on-reports-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize

Kidnap Custody — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-revise-child-custody-rules-to-enforce-handovers

Ms. Robot — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-in-mental-institution-who-killed-another-patient-says-she-is-robot

Exposer — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Video-of-Ootoya-restaurant-employee-exposing-himself-posted-online

Testy Tubes — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/lapses-in-commuter-manners-change-with-the-times

Audrey Hepburn — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/audrey-hepburn-casts-a-spell-over-post-war-japan</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Feb. 8, 2019: Give Mia Shelter, Aso’s Hole, Bowl o’ Roaches, Shoe Sniffer and Valentine Harassment.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/feb-8-2019-give-mia-shelter-aso-s-hole-b</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide restaurant chain apologizes after serving customer a beef bowl filled with cockroaches; a man was arrested for stealing people’s shoes because he gets sexual pleasure from sniffing old footwear plus Japanese companies are banning the practice of giving Valentine’s Day chocolates at work with people saying it is “power harassment.”<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Give Mia Shelter — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Father-suspected-of-forcing-daughter-to-lie-about-abuse-before-her-death" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Father-suspected-of-forcing-daughter-to-lie-about-abuse-before-her-death</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-orders-child-safety-checks-in-all-abuse-reports-after-tragic-case" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-orders-child-safety-checks-in-all-abuse-reports-after-tragic-case</a><br /><br />Aso’s Hole — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/deputy-pm-aso-retracts-remark-about-childless-people" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/deputy-pm-aso-retracts-remark-about-childless-people</a><br /><br />Bowl o’ Roaches — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/cockroaches-found-in-chicken-bowl-at-yoshinoya-restaurant" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/cockroaches-found-in-chicken-bowl-at-yoshinoya-restaurant</a><br /><br />Shoe Sniffer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/shoe-sniffer-admits-sexual-kicks-motivated-theft-spree" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/shoe-sniffer-admits-sexual-kicks-motivated-theft-spree</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-licking-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-licking-woman</a>'s-hair-at-train-station<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-cons-woman-out-of-%C2%A5-6.35-mil-in-romance-fraud" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-cons-woman-out-of-%C2%A5-6.35-mil-in-romance-fraud</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/16-year-old-girl-arrested-for-extortion-in-sugar-daddy-case" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/16-year-old-girl-arrested-for-extortion-in-sugar-daddy-case</a><br /><br />Valentine’s Harassment — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/</a>'giri'-(obligation)-chocolates-seen-as-power-harassment-more-japanese-companies-ban-practice]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/572059956</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:41:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17059432/572059956_japantoday_feb_8_2019_give_mia_shelter_asos_hole_bowl_o_roaches_shoe_sniffer_and_valentine_harassment.mp3" length="21457396" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide restaurant chain apologizes after serving customer a beef bowl filled with cockroaches; a man was arrested for stealing people’s shoes because he gets sexual pleasure from sniffing old footwear plus Japanese companies are banning the practice of giving Valentine’s Day chocolates at work with people saying it is “power harassment.”<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Give Mia Shelter — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Father-suspected-of-forcing-daughter-to-lie-about-abuse-before-her-death" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Father-suspected-of-forcing-daughter-to-lie-about-abuse-before-her-death</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-orders-child-safety-checks-in-all-abuse-reports-after-tragic-case" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-orders-child-safety-checks-in-all-abuse-reports-after-tragic-case</a><br /><br />Aso’s Hole — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/deputy-pm-aso-retracts-remark-about-childless-people" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/deputy-pm-aso-retracts-remark-about-childless-people</a><br /><br />Bowl o’ Roaches — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/cockroaches-found-in-chicken-bowl-at-yoshinoya-restaurant" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/cockroaches-found-in-chicken-bowl-at-yoshinoya-restaurant</a><br /><br />Shoe Sniffer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/shoe-sniffer-admits-sexual-kicks-motivated-theft-spree" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/shoe-sniffer-admits-sexual-kicks-motivated-theft-spree</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-licking-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-licking-woman</a>'s-hair-at-train-station<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-cons-woman-out-of-%C2%A5-6.35-mil-in-romance-fraud" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-cons-woman-out-of-%C2%A5-6.35-mil-in-romance-fraud</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/16-year-old-girl-arrested-for-extortion-in-sugar-daddy-case" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/16-year-old-girl-arrested-for-extortion-in-sugar-daddy-case</a><br /><br />Valentine’s Harassment — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/</a>'giri'-(obligation)-chocolates-seen-as-power-harassment-more-japanese-companies-ban-practice]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1072</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide restaurant chain apologizes after serving customer a beef bowl filled with cockroaches; a man was arrested for stealing people’s shoes because he gets sexual pleasure from sniffing old footwear plus Japanese companies are banning the practice of giving Valentine’s Day chocolates at work with people saying it is “power harassment.”

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Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

This weeks stories:

Give Mia Shelter — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Father-suspected-of-forcing-daughter-to-lie-about-abuse-before-her-death

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/abe-orders-child-safety-checks-in-all-abuse-reports-after-tragic-case

Aso’s Hole — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/deputy-pm-aso-retracts-remark-about-childless-people

Bowl o’ Roaches — https://japantoday.com/category/national/cockroaches-found-in-chicken-bowl-at-yoshinoya-restaurant

Shoe Sniffer — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/shoe-sniffer-admits-sexual-kicks-motivated-theft-spree

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-licking-woman's-hair-at-train-station

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-cons-woman-out-of-%C2%A5-6.35-mil-in-romance-fraud

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/16-year-old-girl-arrested-for-extortion-in-sugar-daddy-case

Valentine’s Harassment — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/'giri'-(obligation)-chocolates-seen-as-power-harassment-more-japanese-companies-ban-practice</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Feb. 1, 2019: Ghosn Plot, A Child Dies, Indecent Exposure, Arashi Storm and Bertrand Russell</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/feb-1-2019-ghosn-plot-a-child-dies-indec</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a house naked in sub-zero temperatures; one of Japan’s most  popular boy bands call it quits plus a look back at Bertrand Russell’S visit to Japan in 1921.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Plot — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-tells-Nikkei-arrest-due-to-plot-within-Nissan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-tells-Nikkei-arrest-due-to-plot-within-Nissan</a><br /><br />A Child Dies — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-in-death-of-10-yr-old-daughter" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-in-death-of-10-yr-old-daughter</a><br /><br />Indecent Exposure — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/msdf-member-arrested-after-walking-naked-on-snow-covered-street-in-aomori-pref" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/msdf-member-arrested-after-walking-naked-on-snow-covered-street-in-aomori-pref</a><br /><br />Arashi Storm — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Arashi%27s-decision-to-suspend-activities-at-end-of-2020-shakes-fans" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Arashi%27s-decision-to-suspend-activities-at-end-of-2020-shakes-fans</a><br /><br />Bertrand Russell’s Resurrection — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/bertrand-russell%E2%80%99s-blinding-japanese-resurrection" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/bertrand-russell%E2%80%99s-blinding-japanese-resurrection</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/568395213</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:16:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16901820/568395213_japantoday_feb_1_2019_ghosn_plot_a_child_dies_indecent_exposure_arashi_storm_and_bertrand_russell.mp3" length="20932388" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a house naked in sub-zero temperatures; one of Japan’s most  popular boy bands call it quits plus a look back at Bertrand Russell’S visit to Japan in 1921.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Plot — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-tells-Nikkei-arrest-due-to-plot-within-Nissan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-tells-Nikkei-arrest-due-to-plot-within-Nissan</a><br /><br />A Child Dies — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-in-death-of-10-yr-old-daughter" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-in-death-of-10-yr-old-daughter</a><br /><br />Indecent Exposure — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/msdf-member-arrested-after-walking-naked-on-snow-covered-street-in-aomori-pref" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/msdf-member-arrested-after-walking-naked-on-snow-covered-street-in-aomori-pref</a><br /><br />Arashi Storm — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Arashi%27s-decision-to-suspend-activities-at-end-of-2020-shakes-fans" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Arashi%27s-decision-to-suspend-activities-at-end-of-2020-shakes-fans</a><br /><br />Bertrand Russell’s Resurrection — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/bertrand-russell%E2%80%99s-blinding-japanese-resurrection" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/bertrand-russell%E2%80%99s-blinding-japanese-resurrection</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1046</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a house naked in sub-zero temperatures; one of Japan’s most  popular boy bands call it quits plus a look back at Bertrand Russell’S visit to Japan in 1921.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Plot — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-tells-Nikkei-arrest-due-to-plot-within-Nissan

A Child Dies — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assault-in-death-of-10-yr-old-daughter

Indecent Exposure — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/msdf-member-arrested-after-walking-naked-on-snow-covered-street-in-aomori-pref

Arashi Storm — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Arashi%27s-decision-to-suspend-activities-at-end-of-2020-shakes-fans

Bertrand Russell’s Resurrection — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/bertrand-russell%E2%80%99s-blinding-japanese-resurrection</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Jan. 25, 2019: Ghosn Fishin’, Osaka Skin, Dismemberer, Teacher Bully, Porn Hubs and A Star is Born.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/jan-25-2019-ghosn-fishin-osaka-skin-dism</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years for killing and dismembering an Osaka woman; a teacher punched a student at a Tokyo high school and the internet reacts; porno mags to be removed from Japanese convenience stores plus a Tokyo-based start-up has sent a rocket to space with all of the supplies for an artificial meteor shower on demand.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Fishin’ — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-court-denies-latest-bail-request-of-nissan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-court-denies-latest-bail-request-of-nissan</a>'s-ghosn<br /><br />Osaka Skin — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/sponsor-of-naomi-osaka-retracts-ad-videos-over-skin-color-dispute" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/sponsor-of-naomi-osaka-retracts-ad-videos-over-skin-color-dispute</a><br /><br />Dismemberer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/american-man-gets-8-years-for-killing-dismembering-body-of-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/american-man-gets-8-years-for-killing-dismembering-body-of-woman</a><br /><br />Teacher Bully — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japanese-teacher-punches-high-school-boy-in-face-social-media-on-his-side" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japanese-teacher-punches-high-school-boy-in-face-social-media-on-his-side</a><br /><br />Porn Hubs — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Convenience-stores-to-stop-selling-adult-magazines-by-end-of-August" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Convenience-stores-to-stop-selling-adult-magazines-by-end-of-August</a><br /><br />A Star Is Born — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-satellite-blasts-into-space-to-deliver-artificial-meteors" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-satellite-blasts-into-space-to-deliver-artificial-meteors</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/564367938</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:40:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16870576/564367938_japantoday_jan_25_2019_ghosn_fishin_osaka_skin_dismemberer_teacher_bully_porn_hubs_and_a_star_is_born.mp3" length="24112627" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years for killing and dismembering an Osaka woman; a teacher punched a student at a Tokyo high school and the internet reacts; porno mags to be removed from Japanese convenience stores plus a Tokyo-based start-up has sent a rocket to space with all of the supplies for an artificial meteor shower on demand.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Fishin’ — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-court-denies-latest-bail-request-of-nissan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-court-denies-latest-bail-request-of-nissan</a>'s-ghosn<br /><br />Osaka Skin — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/business/sponsor-of-naomi-osaka-retracts-ad-videos-over-skin-color-dispute" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/business/sponsor-of-naomi-osaka-retracts-ad-videos-over-skin-color-dispute</a><br /><br />Dismemberer — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/american-man-gets-8-years-for-killing-dismembering-body-of-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/american-man-gets-8-years-for-killing-dismembering-body-of-woman</a><br /><br />Teacher Bully — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japanese-teacher-punches-high-school-boy-in-face-social-media-on-his-side" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japanese-teacher-punches-high-school-boy-in-face-social-media-on-his-side</a><br /><br />Porn Hubs — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Convenience-stores-to-stop-selling-adult-magazines-by-end-of-August" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Convenience-stores-to-stop-selling-adult-magazines-by-end-of-August</a><br /><br />A Star Is Born — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-satellite-blasts-into-space-to-deliver-artificial-meteors" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-satellite-blasts-into-space-to-deliver-artificial-meteors</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1205</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years for killing and dismembering an Osaka woman; a teacher punched a student at a Tokyo high school and the internet reacts; porno mags to be removed from Japanese convenience stores plus a Tokyo-based start-up has sent a rocket to space with all of the supplies for an artificial meteor shower on demand.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Fishin’ — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/tokyo-court-denies-latest-bail-request-of-nissan's-ghosn

Osaka Skin — https://japantoday.com/category/business/sponsor-of-naomi-osaka-retracts-ad-videos-over-skin-color-dispute

Dismemberer — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/american-man-gets-8-years-for-killing-dismembering-body-of-woman

Teacher Bully — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japanese-teacher-punches-high-school-boy-in-face-social-media-on-his-side

Porn Hubs — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Convenience-stores-to-stop-selling-adult-magazines-by-end-of-August

A Star Is Born — https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-satellite-blasts-into-space-to-deliver-artificial-meteors</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Jan. 11, 2019: Ghosn Fever, Easy College Sex Ranking, LDPTQ, Naked in Mie and Justin-2-Shinzo.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/jan-11-2019-ghosn-fever-easy-college-sex</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese politician bemoans what will happen if the whole country “goes gay;” a man was arrested for climbing up to a stranger’s third-floor apartment in Mie Prefecture completely naked plus Justin Trudeau calls Shinzo Abe directly to talk about… whaling.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Fever — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence</a><br /><br />Easy College Sex Ranking — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing</a><br /><br />LDPTQ — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment</a><br /><br />Naked in Mie — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony</a><br /><br />Justin-2-Shinzo — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/557301801</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:25:57 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16705319/557301801_japantoday_jan_11_2019_ghosn_fever_easy_college_sex_ranking_ldptq_naked_in_mie_and_justin_2_shinzo.mp3" length="21427444" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese politician bemoans what will happen if the whole country “goes gay;” a man was arrested for climbing up to a stranger’s third-floor apartment in Mie Prefecture completely naked plus Justin Trudeau calls Shinzo Abe directly to talk about… whaling.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Ghosn Fever — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence</a><br /><br />Easy College Sex Ranking — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing</a><br /><br />LDPTQ — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment</a><br /><br />Naked in Mie — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony</a><br /><br />Justin-2-Shinzo — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1071</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese politician bemoans what will happen if the whole country “goes gay;” a man was arrested for climbing up to a stranger’s third-floor apartment in Mie Prefecture completely naked plus Justin Trudeau calls Shinzo Abe directly to talk about… whaling.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Fever — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence

Easy College Sex Ranking — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing

LDPTQ — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment

Naked in Mie — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony

Justin-2-Shinzo — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Dec 21, 2018: All Ghosn, Whaling, Dismembering Mother, Putin Pinup, Escalator Donts and 2018 Recap.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/dec-21-2018-all-ghosn-whaling-dismemberi</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and dismembering his mother; Vladimir Putin has the top selling celebrity calendar in Japan, JR East asks riders to stop walking on the escalators plus a look at readers’ picks of the top news stories in Japan for 2018.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Store: <a href="https://store.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://store.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />All Ghosn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly</a><br /><br />Whaling — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling</a><br /><br />Dismembering Mother — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body</a><br /><br />Putin Pinup — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan</a><br /><br />Escalator Freeze — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators</a><br /><br />2018 Top Stories — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year</a>?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/548182443</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:01:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16592192/548182443_japantoday_dec_14_2018_all_ghosn_whaling_dismembering_mother_putin_pinup_escalator_donts_and_2018_recap.mp3" length="27342292" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and dismembering his mother; Vladimir Putin has the top selling celebrity calendar in Japan, JR East asks riders to stop walking on the escalators plus a look at readers’ picks of the top news stories in Japan for 2018.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />GaijinPot Store: <a href="https://store.gaijinpot.com/" rel="noopener">https://store.gaijinpot.com/</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />All Ghosn — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly</a><br /><br />Whaling — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling</a><br /><br />Dismembering Mother — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body</a><br /><br />Putin Pinup — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan</a><br /><br />Escalator Freeze — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators</a><br /><br />2018 Top Stories — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year</a>?]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1366</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and dismembering his mother; Vladimir Putin has the top selling celebrity calendar in Japan, JR East asks riders to stop walking on the escalators plus a look at readers’ picks of the top news stories in Japan for 2018.

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This weeks stories:

All Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly

Whaling — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling

Dismembering Mother — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body

Putin Pinup — https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan

Escalator Freeze — https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators

2018 Top Stories — https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year?</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Dec. 7, 2018: Missing Airmen, Law &amp; Order, Road Rage, Turning Trucks, Police Fight and more.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/gplusmedia/dec-7-2018-missing-airmen-law-order-road</link><description><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on trial in Yokohama for “road rage” after his actions led to the death of two people and seriously injured their two daughters; four men have been arrested for overturning a truck near Shibuya Crossing during the Halloween craziness and animal crimes in the headlines.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Missing Airmen — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast</a><br /><br />Law & Order — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan</a>'s-justice-system-in-the-dock<br /><br />Road Rage — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident</a><br /><br />Turning Trucks — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event</a><br /><br />Police Fight — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers</a><br /><br />Animal Crimes — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman</a>'s-finger-in-western-japan-city]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/541082661</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:19:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16481354/541082661_japantoday_dec_7_2018_missing_airmen_law_order_road_rage_turning_trucks_police_fight_and_more.mp3" length="21398998" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Japan This Week</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this week's news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week's news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on trial in Yokohama for “road rage” after his actions led to the death of two people and seriously injured their two daughters; four men have been arrested for overturning a truck near Shibuya Crossing during the Halloween craziness and animal crimes in the headlines.<br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/</a><br /><br />Rate and review us: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2" rel="noopener">https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2</a><br /><br />This weeks stories:<br /><br />Missing Airmen — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast</a><br /><br />Law & Order — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan</a>'s-justice-system-in-the-dock<br /><br />Road Rage — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident</a><br /><br />Turning Trucks — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event</a><br /><br />Police Fight — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers</a><br /><br />Animal Crimes — <a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker</a><br /><br /><a href="https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman" rel="noopener">https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman</a>'s-finger-in-western-japan-city]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1069</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e12c158cddad53e19364c971045c45bd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Japan This Week</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>In this week's news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on trial in Yokohama for “road rage” after his actions led to the death of two people and seriously injured their two daughters; four men have been arrested for overturning a truck near Shibuya Crossing during the Halloween craziness and animal crimes in the headlines.

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This weeks stories:

Missing Airmen — https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast

Law &amp; Order — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan's-justice-system-in-the-dock

Road Rage — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident

Turning Trucks — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event

Police Fight — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers

Animal Crimes — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker

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