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Content Warning: Mass Murder It's rough. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Sankei News - The suspect in the attack, Uematsu, was prejudiced against people with disabilities Sankei News - Residents rescue tied up staff members and cut cable ties with scissors to prevent further damage News PostSever - Suspect Uematsu, who apprenticed to a tattoo artist, was excommunicated after talking about killing everyone Mainichi Shimbun - Sagamihara murder - Victim's sister: “I can't reveal the name” Mainichi Shimbun - 3 arrested for alleged habitual abuse of disabled Osaka Pref. care home resident who died Nikkan Gendai - “I admire strong people” An acquaintance talks about the suspect who murdered 45 people in Sagamihara Tokyo Shimbun -  Testimonies of the Sagamihara Massacre Incident: The bright central presence “Sato-kun” Aljazeera - Ex-employee stabs 19 people to death in Japan care home Kyodo News - Japan care home requires sterilization of mentally disabled couples BBC News - Tokyo Paralympics: The lowdown on being disabled in Japan Asahi Shimbun - U.N. committee urges Japan to revise laws for disabled people WION - Japan's disabled lawmakers fight to end the invisibility of people with disabilities Tokyo Weekender - Why is Japan Still Biased Against People with Disabilities? Science Direct - Disability policies in Japan and Sweden: A comparative perspective TokyoDev - Living with a disability in Japan Tofugu - Hidden No More: What Happens When The Intellectually Disabled Join Japanese Society Japan Times - 90% in Japan feel discrimination against disabled exists, survey finds Life Where I'm From X - Living in Japan with a Physical Disability Wikipedia - Sagamihara Stabbings

Following on from the previous episode's theme of eugenics in Japan, we look at how individuals who express eugenic beliefs can impact the world around them in horrific, horrific ways. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Sankei News - The suspect in the attack, Uematsu, was prejudiced against people with disabilities Sankei News - Residents rescue tied up staff members and cut cable ties with scissors to prevent further damage News PostSever - Suspect Uematsu, who apprenticed to a tattoo artist, was excommunicated after talking about killing everyone Mainichi Shimbun - Sagamihara murder - Victim's sister: “I can't reveal the name” Mainichi Shimbun - 3 arrested for alleged habitual abuse of disabled Osaka Pref. care home resident who died Nikkan Gendai - “I admire strong people” An acquaintance talks about the suspect who murdered 45 people in Sagamihara Tokyo Shimbun -  Testimonies of the Sagamihara Massacre Incident: The bright central presence “Sato-kun” Aljazeera - Ex-employee stabs 19 people to death in Japan care home Kyodo News - Japan care home requires sterilization of mentally disabled couples BBC News - Tokyo Paralympics: The lowdown on being disabled in Japan Asahi Shimbun - U.N. committee urges Japan to revise laws for disabled people WION - Japan's disabled lawmakers fight to end the invisibility of people with disabilities Tokyo Weekender - Why is Japan Still Biased Against People with Disabilities? Science Direct - Disability policies in Japan and Sweden: A comparative perspective TokyoDev - Living with a disability in Japan Tofugu - Hidden No More: What Happens When The Intellectually Disabled Join Japanese Society Japan Times - 90% in Japan feel discrimination against disabled exists, survey finds Life Where I'm From X - Living in Japan with a Physical Disability Wikipedia - Sagamihara Stabbings

In 1948 the Japanese Government, still under firm control by the Allied occupation forces, wrote into law the Eugenic Protection Law. While this law was similar to the myriad of pro-eugenic laws across the world, Japan's eugenics law is notable for having been only repealed in the 90s. Today's guest is Kieran Bennett! You can follow him via his Twitter profile, or check out his portfolio of video editing work at kgbennett.myportfolio.com. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Human Rights Watch - Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People Human Rights Watch - Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization Japan Times - Some duped into sterilization surgery under eugenics law, parliament report says Japan Times - Lawyers set up hotlines for victims of 1948-1996 eugenics law AP - Japan's top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender Takashi Tsuchiya of Osaka City University - Eugenic Sterilizations in Japan and Recent Demands for Apology: A Report Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo court rejects bid for compensation over sterilization Asahi Shimbun - Court denies compensation for unconstitutional sterilization Guardian - Japan court awards damages to victims of forced sterilisation for first time Guardian - Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised Independent - Japan to pay compensation to people sterilised under eugenics law modelled on Nazi programmes Independent - Japanese woman forcibly sterilised as teenager suing government for breach of human rights BBC News - Japan sterilisation law victims included nine-year-olds Huffington Post - Japan Publishes Report Detailing 25,000 Forced Sterilizations On Citizens, Including 9-Year-Olds Time - Japan Apologizes To Victims Of Forced Sterilization And Promises Compensation Wikipedia - Eugenics in Japan

We made it! The completely arbitrary milestone of 100 that's solely meaningful to humans because of our bias towards base 10! To celebrate, here's a nice story about an island covered in the cutest rabbits you've ever seen, also a poison gas factory. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The Gateway to Rabbit Island Live video feed of Rabbit Island Hiroshima for Global Peace - Okunoshima Travel Japan - Okunoshima Wikipedia - Okunoshima Wikipedia - Itsukushima

We continue the most famous and baffling fraud case of modern Japan with the tale of Mamoru Samuragochi. This week we examine exactly how the supposed deaf composer was able to get away with presenting another person's compositions as his own for 18 years. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The New Republic: Japan's Deaf Composer Wasn't What He Seemed Classic FM: The Composer Who Was Once Dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" Time Magazine: 2001 Interview with Samuragochi Wall Street Journal: Music Critic's Suspicions Led to Composer's Downfall Inverse: "Clowns farting": The wild story behind Resident Evil's worst soundtrack Independent: Japanese 'Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi admits faking deafness CNN: Uproar as ‘Japanese Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi exposed as a fraud Suzi the Sphere Hunter: Onimusha Samurai Survival Horror Wikipedia: Mamoru Samuragochi

Born as a second-generation Hibakusha, that is to say a child of Hiroshima A-bomb survivors, Mamoru Samuragochi faced hardship, prejudice and increasing illness throughout his life. Despite these enormous setbacks, he became one of the most respected and successful musical composers in Japan, despite becoming almost entirely deaf. He was also a liar. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The New Republic: Japan's Deaf Composer Wasn't What He Seemed Classic FM: The Composer Who Was Once Dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" Time Magazine: 2001 Interview with Samuragochi Wall Street Journal: Music Critic's Suspicions Led to Composer's Downfall Inverse: "Clowns farting": The wild story behind Resident Evil's worst soundtrack Independent: Japanese 'Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi admits faking deafness Wikipedia: Mamoru Samuragochi

Today, the JWs have as many as 250,000 adherents in Japan, despite having an extremely rocky start in the country in the early 1930s. In recent years, the JWs have experienced controversy in the media and courts once again, this time for serious allegations of abuse of its own members and children.   Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japan Times: Children of Jehovah's Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse Investigator Magazine: JUNZO AKASHI – A Watchtower Victim Asahi Shimbun: 159 report being sexually abused as Jehovah's Witnesses Mainichi Shimbun: 3rd-gen Jehovah's Witness in Japan opens up about dark past before opposition parties Japan Times: Japan lawyers form group to support children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers Metropolis: The Door Knockers - Jehovah's Witnesses in Japan Asahi Shimbun: Ex-Jehovah's Witness opens up about trauma brought by faith JWLeaks.org: Jehovah's Witnesses face ‘worrying development' on the treatment of children in Japan Yomiuri Shimbun: Japan Lawyers to Report on Religion-Based Refusal of Blood Transfusions for Kids EWTN Global Catholic Television: Charles Taze Russell YouTube: Senator Mizuho Uehara addressing Parliament over the issue of the JWs and their alleged abuse of children Twitter: Kotaro Tanaka's account Wikipedia: History of Jehovah's Witnesses

When the AIDs epidemic began tearing its way through gay communities throughout the world, there was almost no effort made by governments to address the escalating health crisis whatsoever.  Even when heat-treated blood became available, pharmaceutical companies were strangely reluctant to offer these newer, safer products, particularly in South America and Asia, but no country was quite as ruthlessly self-defeating than in Japan, which created an extraordinary conspiracy to put corporate profits above the lives of their citizens Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Qanon Anonymous, Episode 221: Plasma Vampires & the Blood Business feat Kathleen McLaughlin  New York Times: 2003, Beyer Exposed (paywall)  New York Times: Japanese Suits on H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Settled (paywall)  LA Times: Japan Official Apologises in AIDS Scandal  Nature Medicine: Japanese officials were aware of HIV in blood products  Washington Post: Japanese Arrested in Blood Scandal  CBS News: Japan - Convictions In Blood Scandal  National Library of Medicine: Haemophilia patients launch action against Bayer over contaminated blood products  Wikipedia: HIV/AIDs in Japan  Wikipedia: Green Cross  Wikipedia: Contaminated Haemophilia Blood Products  JP Wikipedia: Contaminated Blood Scandal 

Weather News Live is a 24-hour a day stream dedicated to reporting the weather... sort of. It has gained huge popularity on the internet over the last few years with live shows hosted by "Casters", young women who have attracted huge fanbases. By far the most popular has been Saya Hiyama who, in mid-2023, found herself at the centre of a controversy normally only reserved for those in the Idol industry. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japanalysis: Japan's Ridiculous Weatherwoman Fiasco  Saya Hiyama clip 1  Saya Hiyama clip 2  Japan Times: Weather forecaster Saya Hiyama's viral moments say a lot about fame in Japan  Oricon News - Saya announces she's dating  Parental bonding in retrospect and adult attachment style: A comparative study between Spanish, Italian and Japanese cultures. Hoenicka et al. (2022)  Japanese national well-being survey shows that living alone results in lower satisfaction and affects other relationships, while social networking service usage is related to life satisfaction: A cross-sectional study. Miyaki et al. (2022)  Aini: Parasocial relationships in East Asia: A look into obsession  Time: In Defence of Parasocial Relationship  Parasocial Interactions and Relationships in Early Adolesence 

We end our series on Miyoko Sumida by looking at possibly her most disturbing family invasion with the Oe household, as well as how this eventually led to her accidental arrest and the fall of the Sumida gang. We also find out how the Yakuza hides bodies (allegedly). Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Unknown Misandry Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident

We continue covering the disturbing crimes of Miyoko Sumida and her family, as she infiltrates and rips apart two more families. Today we look at how she added her loyal enforcer, Masanori Ri, and her presumed heir, Tanimoto Rui, to her organisation. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Unknown Misandry Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident

Miyoko Sumida was a psychopath with a disturbing ability to manipulate others for her own ends. She was also seemingly obsessed with keeping other people by making them members of her family though marriage and adoption. In a horrifying 25-year career of criminal gang activity and serial murder, Sumida became more cult leader than yakuza. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Unknown Misandry  Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family  Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident

Yoshikazu Suzuki was a perennially-failing music shop salesman, and in the early 90s his debt had amounted to an astronomical level. His plan to get himself out of this debt was to rise above this, literally, by following in the footsteps of Lawnchair Larry. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

In April of 2018, the writer Elif Batuman had an article published in The New Yorker, titled "Japan's Rent-a-Family Industry". It explored a cultural phenomenon in Japan, that of agencies where one could hire an actor to perform in a social interaction that would be otherwise awkward or impossible. It became such a popular and celebrated article that it would win the National Magazine Award for that year. Unfortunately, it was also based entirely on bullshit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: New Yorker: Japan's Rent-a-Family Industry  The New Republic: How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap  Wall Street Journal: New Yorker Re-Examines Article on Japanese Family Rental Service  AFAR: What it's Like to Rent a Friend in Tokyo  Wikipedia: Elif Batuman  Wikipedia: Rental Family Service 

The Glico-Morinaga Case began in 1984, when the CEO of the Glico Corporation was kidnapped, naked from his home during a bath. While that kidnapping resolved itself fairly rapidly, what followed was a campaign of fear across Japan, as a mysterious organisation began threatening to poison the public's food. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Singularity Hub: New Japanese Pop Idol Shocks Fans  UPI: Candy Tycoon kidnapped naked from bath  Atlas Obscura: The 1980's Crime Ring that Poisoned Japan's Candy and Never Got Caught  The Glico website  Wikipedia: Aimi Eguchi  Wikipedia: The Glico-Morinaga Case 

Content Warning: Murder. In the months after the Osaka Dog-Lover Serial Murders ended, but before the perpetrator of that case was caught, a completely separate but weirdly similar case occurred in Saitama. Gen Sekine, a fairly successful dog breeder and utter psychopath, decided that the best way to dig himself out of financial trouble was to kill his way out. Today's guest is Cassie! You can find her via her Twitter. Also be sure to check out her Vtuber persona, Sleep Panda Mei, who streams on Twitch! Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Independent - Dog breeder suspected of killing clients  S. A. Ozbourne - The pet shop owner who killed and disposed of his customers  Japan Times - Couple handed death sentence over poisoning of four  Fuji TV - Kazama's son confesses his mother's crimes  Wikipedia - Gen Sekine 

Content Warning: Murder We return to murder with the serial murders that took place in Osaka in 1992. Over a period of 4 months, the ultimate fail-son Yoshinori Ueda used a chemical used to euthanise dogs to subdue and murder 5 people.  Today's guest is Cassie! You can find her via her Twitter. Also be sure to check out her Vtuber persona, Sleep Panda Mei, who streams on Twitch! Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japan Times: Death sentence upheld for Ueda  United Press International article Wikipedia: Yoshinori Ueda  YouTube: Archives of Pain 

Today we explore the working class industrial art movement called "Dekotora", where truckers decorated their vehicles in outrageous and totally bitchin' styles. We also visit a modern day comparison to Dekotora, the phenomenon of "Itasha", or "painful cars"... If you want to see a gallery of the vehicles we're talking about today, check out this unlocked Patreon Post with all the relevent pics. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: CNN: Dekotora, the Kitchsy World of Japan's Pimped Up Trucks  Wikipedia: Torakku Yarou  Wikipedia: Dekotora  SoraNews24: Dekotora NFTs  The Itasha Sub-Reddit 

The last couple of episodes were pretty rough, right? Here's something with relatively few problematic elements, Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid sensation! Today's guest is Mike! You can find him on Twitter at his handle @tokkan! Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: VOCALOID Fandom  W Magazine  CLASH - Meet Hatsune Miku Nippon.com  Miku Expo  Crunchyroll - Politician uses Miku for campaign Unseen Japan - The Hatsune Miku Affair Wikipedia - Hatsune Miku

Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Violence, Necrophilia, Cannibalism. We continue our exploration of Issei Sagawa's life after his 1981 murder of Renée Hartevelt. While you might think that Sagawa would never see the light of day again for his horrific crimes, he was set free, and he spent the rest of his life being a horrible little shit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Pink Eiga Wikipedia - Pink Film Murderpedia - Issei Sagawa Vice - Japanese Cannibal Who Got Away With Eating and Raping a Dutch Woman Is Dead YouTube - Vice documentary on Issei Sagawa All That's Interesting - Issei Sagawa Wikipedia - Issei Sagawa

Content Warning: Sex, Violence, Necrophilia, Cannibalism.  Issei Sagawa was a highly-educated, intelligent and repressed man. His sexual fetish, unfortunately, was cannibalism, and years of fantasizing and planning led to his 1981 murder of Renée Hartevelt in Paris. After his arrest, however, the story just gets weirder.  Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Pink Eiga  Wikipedia - Pink Film Murderpedia - Issei Sagawa  Vice - Japanese Cannibal Who Got Away With Eating and Raping a Dutch Woman Is Dead YouTube - Vice documentary on Issei Sagawa All That's Interesting - Issei Sagawa Wikipedia - Issei Sagawa

In the north of Japan's central island there is a small, non-descript place called Shingo Village. The only thing about it that sets it apart from the hundreds of other tiny villages in the area is that it purports to be the true final resting place of Jesus Christ. Tug on this string and a whole bunch of ancient aliens stuff comes tumbling out. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Smithsonian Magazine  Japan Today  Japan Times  Le Monde  BBC News  The Association for the Study of the Takenouchi Documents 

Content Warning: Natural Disaster and Genocide. On the 1st September, 1923, a megathrust earthquake hit the Kanto Plain, resulting in a catastrophic loss of life. While one would think that tornados made of fire would offer the most horror from this event, the behaviour of the Kanto populace, police and government in the aftermath would be far more disturbing. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 Smithsonian Magazine Britannica The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan - J. Charles Schencking (2013) Wikipedia - Great Kanto Earthquake Wikipedia - The Kanto Massacre

Content Warning: Sex Trafficking and Exploitation.  Even before the end of WWII, the Japanese civilian government were preparing for the arrival of the occupying US troops. First and foremost, before any security of basic needs, they determined that they needed to preserve the purity of the Japanese race. To this end, they created a vast network of patriotic brothels... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. As recommended by Hannah at the end of the episode, check out these feminist Instagram users to wash the taste of Babysan out of your mouth: Laura Bates, fuck_patriarchy, beam_me_up_softboi  Sources: Rape and War: The US Experience - The Phora Japan's Comfort Women - Toshiyuki Tanaka (2003) 3 Dead Marines and a Secret of Wartime Okinawa - New York Times Babysan: A Private Look at The Japanese Occupation - Bill Hume (1953) The Recreation and Amusement Association - Wikipedia

When Daisuke was invited to a dinner anonymously, he had little idea that the meeting would result in the most joyous moments of his life... but would flat-out ruin the rest of it. After marrying into a multi-national vinegar-based corporation, he found himself at the center of a sinister plot to wrest control over his own son away from him. Today's guest is Jon Combey! You can find himon Twitter @JonCombey, and his recent limited series on Japanese culture as understood through film can be found @JapanHistorypod. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! Sources: The Times (Paywall) - I Married the Branston Pickle Heiress BBC - Pickle Demand Rises after Fire Mizkan  Daisuke Nakano's YouTube channel  Daisuke Nakano's Twitter  Blog by Daisuke Nakano 

Content Warning: Child Murder, Necrophilia  We continue with the utterly heinous crimes of Tsutomu Miyazaki. After his first murder of a child, he entered a kind of prolonged berserker mode, increasing the depravity of his actions, harassing the families of his victims and even taunting the public, the press and the police. And, when he was finally caught, he would blame it all on an alternate persona - the "Rat Man". Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Murderpedia - Tsutomu Miyazaki LA Times - Article on Miyazaki from 1989 Fumiya Hitotsubashi - The Miyazaki Tsutomu Incident -Painted Scenario- (2001) Joe Turner - The Myth of Miyazaki's Hands Charles T Whipple - The Silencing of the Lambs Wikipedia

Tsutomu Miyazaki was a serial murderer of children, active for about 10 months from August 1988. It's a story that has been heavily misrepresented in western media, particularly in regards to Miyazaki's disability, but the real story alone is enough to chill to the bone. Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Murderpedia - Tsutomu Miyazaki LA Times - Article on Miyazaki from 1989 Fumiya Hitotsubashi - The Miyazaki Tsutomu Incident -Painted Scenario- (2001) Joe Turner - The Myth of Miyazaki's Hands Charles T Whipple - The Silencing of the Lambs Wikipedia 

It's finally here. This is how and why Shinzo Abe was assassinated, and the unexpected failure to deify him after his death. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Tobias Harris - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan CNN - Tetsuya Yamagami, the assassin Reuters - Abe assassin given psyche evaluation Asahi Shimbun - Protests over state funeral of Shinzo Abe Guardian - Opposition to state funeral Daily Beast - Assassination sheds light on links between UC and LDP Independent - Trump gives speech at UC 9/11 conference Nikkei Asia - Japanese politicians tied to UC BBC News - Obituary of Shinzo Abe BBC News - Man sets himself on fire in protest of state funeral Wikipedia - Shinzo Abe Wikipedia - Assassination of Shinzo Abe

In this episode we look at the continuing rise of ultranationalist ideology in Japanese politics under Shinzo Abe, including his membership in the secretive and fascistic Nippon Kaigai organisation, his expansion of the JSDF and his fiddling around behind the scenes during the Tokyo Olympics, despite his supposed retirement. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Tobias Harris - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan Guardian - Shinzo Abe questioned over the Cherry Blossom scandal Guardian - Keigo Oyamada resigns as Olympic composer Daily Beast - Hateful Olympic fiasco caused by Shinzo Abe Reuters - Japan PM uses offbeat PR blitz to rescue ratings  Wikipedia - Shinzo Abe

We continue our journey through the life and death of Shinzo Abe. Today we look at his remarkable political comeback in 2011, along with his the incidents that never seemed to tarnish his popularity, particularly his horrific historical revisionism, and the Moritomo Gakuen scandal... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Tobias Harris - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan Asahi Shimbun - Key Questions on Moritomo Scandal The Times - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal Guardian - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal Japan Times - Moritomo Gakuen Scandal Japan Times - Abe stands his ground over Moritomo Scandal Japan Times - Moritomo Couple Jailed Korea Joon Gang Daily - Abe's pose resurrects horrors of Unit 731   The Nation - Abe Poses in 731 Jet BBC News - Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine FT - Abenomics Asia Society - Abe denies the use of "Comfort Women" by Japan Wikipedia - Shinzo Abe Wikipedia - Akie Abe

We embark on a 4-part journey through the life and death of Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-running Prime Minister, who just so happened to get assassinated in May of 2022. As we shall discover, perhaps the damage had already been done by that point... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Tobias Harris - The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan The Nation - Abe denies Japanese war crimes The Nation - Japan attempts to erase history BBC News - Obituary for Shinzo Abe The Economist - Biography of Shinzo Abe FP - Abe's Ultranationalism destroyed diplomatic ties with China Asia Society - Abe denies the use of "Comfort Women" by Japan Wikipedia - Shinzo Abe

This is the tale of the rise of fascism in Japan, from its origins in Mussolini's Italy to the first bumbling attempts at coups by clandestine organisations. One of the most unlikely people who became embroiled in one such coup was the legendary comedic actor Charlie Chaplin. Today's guest is Cami! You can find her via her Twitter page! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japan Today - Charlie Chaplin narrowly escaped assassination Medium - That time Charlie Chaplin almost got assassinated The Vintage News - Charlie Chaplin was nearly assassinated in Japan in 1932 Terror in Japan by Mathew Legare Reto Hoffman - The Fascist Effect Wikipedia - The League of Blood

We continue our exploration of Shinzo Abe's greatest influence on his life, the war criminal Nobusuke Kishi. This episode we cover his life after being released from prison, and his highly successful and Machiavellian return to politics. What a piece of shit. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque, by Mark Driscoll Japan at the Crossroads, by Nick Kapur Nobusuke Kishi - Wikipedia

To begin a long series on the life and death of Shinzo Abe, we must first look at the most influential person in Abe's life - his maternal grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi. Beginning his career in 1930s Manchuria, Kishi would eventually be one of the central architects of post-war Japan. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque, by Mark Driscoll Japan at the Crossroads, by Nick Kapur  Nobusuke Kishi - Wikipedia

In 1961, a new Disneyland was due to open in the city of Nara. This would have been the second Disneyland in the world, a replica of the Anaheim original, and a monument of America's cultural dominance across the world. Nara Disneyland never happened, but what we got instead was something far more beautiful.  Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Defunctland: The History of Nara Dreamland  World Abandoned  Matterhorn 1959: Stuff from the Park Video of Nara Dreamland in 2000  SoraNews24 - Is Osaka's Bic Camera Haunted? Unseen Japan 

Tokyo Rose was an infamous radio host operating during WWII, helping to spread pernicious Japanese propaganda with the aim of breaking the spirits of Allied troops. Despite the fact that the US State Department would eventually claim that a Japanese American woman, Iva Toguri, was the culprit, the truth is that Tokyo Rose never even existed.  Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: The Guardian - Obituary of Iva Toguri PBS History Detectives - Transcript John Juji Hada - The Indictment And Trial of Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino - “Tokyo Rose” Chicago Tribune - '91 Retrospective on Iva Toguri The National Registry of Exonerations  CBS - '76 Report on Iva Toguri Military History Wiki - Zero Hour FBI Website - Iva Toguri and Tokyo Rose Wikipedia - Iva Toguri D'Aquino Wikipedia - Tokyo Rose

We've made it. The final chapter in the fate of the legendary Shinsengumi. As the reign of the Tokugawa is in its death throes, Kondo Isami gets repeatedly promoted, seemingly unaware that he's being made the captain of a sinking ship. By the time he realises, it's far too late, and Isami might be denied his "beautiful death" of Seppuku. Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her Twitter page, or listen to the excellent Greetings Adventurers podcast for which she helps produce! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough (2005)

The final tale of the storied Shinsengumi... split up into 2 parts. Kondo, head of the Shinsengumi, begins to have a taste of the power he always sought, even as Japan falls into the turmoil of the Boshin war.  Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her Twitter page, or listen to the excellent Greetings Adventurers podcast for which she helps produce! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough (2005)

Sumo Wrestling is the national sport of Japan, and has been practiced in some form for most likely around 2000 years. It prides itself on its integrity, honor and sportsmanship, and yet considering the innumerable scandals the sport has faced in the past 20 years alone, it could be argued that Sumo is not, in fact, a sport at all. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Freakonomics clip on sumo match-fixing AP - Japan mayor saved by nurse says female sumo ban irrelevant Aljazeera documentary on sumo NPR piece on corruption in sumo Japan Times - Sumo links to Yakuza The Guardian - Does Sumo need saving? Wikipedia - Shinto origins of Sumo Wikipedia - The Tokitsukaze Hazing Scandal

Content Warning: Spree Killing by Firearms Despite the social phenomenon of the violent Incel being associated with the advent of the internet, the Tsuyama Massacre of 1938 feels unnervingly recognisable. This is the story of the sack of shit Mutsuo Toi. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Murderpedia article English Academic  Medium blogpost by S.A. Ozbourne Twitter thread by @poondonkus on Tsuyama as a trope Alpha-net blogpost by Knight 9 Love and Life in Southwestern Japan, Journal of Comparative Family Studies by Emiko Ochiai Japanese Wikipedia on the Tsuyama Massacre

Content Warning: Claustrophobia and Toilet Humour A body. A Mystery. A Toilet. This is the story of Naoyuki Kanno, who went missing on 24th February 1989. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: HORROR FACT OF JAPAN  INF News  Medium blog post by Emmalina Alessandrya DayDay News  Lipstick Alley 

The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Northern Honshu on the 11th March, 2011, had far-reaching consequences beyond the natural disaster. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant lost electric power, multiple cooling systems failed, and over the coming days multiple core meltdowns led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. And it was entirely preventable. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: History.com - Fukushima Timeline  The Economist - Blow-Ups Happen  CNN - Japan's Nuclear Crisis  Washington Post - Hasegawa's Offer Ignored  WSJ - TEPCO lays off Denko-chan  NHK - Former Workers Refuse Governmental Health Screenings  TEPCO - Press Releases  Wikipedia - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 

Content Warning: Natural Disasters.  11th March, 2011. 2:46pm. A magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake strikes 45 miles east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. While the initial tremor was severe, the resulting tsunami that hit the shore was catastrophic. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: NHK Documentary - 3/11: The Tsunami - The First 3 Days  Reuters - 10 Years On, Grief Never Subsides  Testimonies from Survivors The Guardian - The School Beneath the Waves  National Geographic - One Man's Survival Story  Britannica article  Live Science article  Japan Times - 10 Year Anniversary  Facts and Details - Survivor Testimonies  Wikipedia 

Ogino Ginko is known as the "first woman to practice Westernised medicine" in Japan. The number of hurdles she had to cross in order to get there was immense. 140 years later, attitudes towards women in medicine have not advanced as far as one would have hoped... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Hektoen International - Ogino Ginko  Mara Patessio - Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement Japan Times - Ogino Ginko article  Wikipedia - Ogino Ginko  Japanese Wikipedia - Ogino Ginko BBC - Japan medical schools scandal   Guardian - TMU scandal 1  Guardian - TMU scandal 2  Washington Post - TMU Scandal  Asahi Shimbun - St Marianna sued  Journal of Educational Integrity - TMU entrance exams scandal  Mainichi Shimbun - University refuses to accept responsibility  Asia-Pacific Journal - A Necessary Evil?  YouTube - TMU executives apologise poorly  Japan Times - TMU subsidies withdrawn  Asahi Shimbun - Legal ruling against TMU  YouTube - Seikou Nagaoka - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 

Masayoshi Son is a tremendously wealthy man, and the founder of megacorp SoftBank. He's also the creator of the SoftBank Vision Fund, the largest venture capital fund in the world. Despite being responsible for the investment of over $100 billion dollars to "improve the world", the Vision Fund has made countless unfathomable decisions... such as a $47 billion dollar investment in WeWork. Today's guest is Tara! You can find her on Twitter @Tara__Tea, and her podcast Wintercrest @WintercrestPod. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Reuters article on SoftBank losses WSJ article on SoftBank losses Value Walk - 10 of the worst Vision Fund investments YouTube - SoftBank's worst investments Yahoo Finance - Bio on Masayoshi Son DataDrivenInvestor - Masayoshi compares himself to Jesus Business Insider - Uber scandals Fast Company - Neumann and Son YouTube - ColdFusion video on WeWork

Often described as a Renaissance Man, Itoi has been influential in several walks of life, from ad copy to manga, from lyrics to computer games. Let's explore the life of this unlikely  cultural hero. Today's guest is my good friend Ben Stonick! You can find him on Twitter @benstonick! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Switchaboo - Biography series on Itoi Hobo Nikkan - Itoi's website Yomuka - blog on Itoi's career in advertisement EarthBound Wiki - Biography on Itoi Wikipedia - Shigesato Itoi Super Eyepatch Wolf - How MOTHER 3 breaks you Kenji Sawada - TOKIO Itoi's Twitter Account 

In 1982, Kazuko Fukuda committed a heinous crime. She spent the next 15 years on the run.  Today's guest is Jessy, my co-host from Final Fanservice! You can find her on Twitter @jusifers, and her podcast Naruto Reviewto @NarutoReviewto! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Unseen Japan article on Kazuko Fukuda Medium blog piece by S. A. Ozbourne Tokyo Reporter article on Kazuko Fukuda Japanese Wikipedia on Kazuko Fukuda Japanese Wikipedia on the Matsuyama Prison Case

Content Warning: It's brutal. Domestic abuse, torture, rape, murder We conclude our explorations into the heinous crimes of Futoshi Matsunaga, with the elimination of the Ogata family and on-going torture of those around him. It's real fucking bad, guys. Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Medium blog by S.A. Ozbourne Unknown Misandry blog Chubun article Japan Times Weekly article Japan Times - death sentence Murderpedia article Wikipedia - DSED Wikipedia - Futoshi Matsunaga Wikipedia - Junko Ogata Japanese Wikipedia on the case YouTube Channel - I am the Son of Futoshi Matsunaga

Content Warning: It's brutal. Domestic abuse, torture, rape, murder Futoshi Matsunaga was a conman, romancing, deceiving and defrauding women out of huge sums of money. This would be terrible enough if it weren't for his penchant of using electric shocks as torture, and the horrifying series of murders he orchestrated. Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Medium blog by S.A. Ozbourne  Unknown Misandry blog  Chubun article  Japan Times Weekly article  Japan Times - death sentence  Murderpedia article  Wikipedia - DSED  Wikipedia - Futoshi Matsunaga  Wikipedia - Junko Ogata  Japanese Wikipedia on the case  YouTube Channel - I am the Son of Futoshi Matsunaga 

Yuko Chino was the cult leader who used her belief system, Chino-Shoho, to gather followers together, with the stated goal of scientific research that would help save the world from disasters. This pseudo-scientific commune, called the Pana-Wave Laboratory, made headlines in 2003 when it attempted to avert the end of the world by kidnapping an artic seal. Today's guest is Jessy, my co-host from Final Fanservice! You can find her on Twitter @jusifers, and her podcast Naruto Reviewto @NarutoReviewto! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Cult Education Institute, by Salvador Murguia A world according to Pana -Wave Laboratory: An extreme response to globalization in Japan, by Salvador Murguia Religion and Risk: Pana-Wave Laboratory and the Risk Society, by Salvador Murguia Yuko Chino givers her first interview, Sydney Morning Herald Doomsday cult makes waves in Japan, The Guardian MacArthur pondered Showa conversion, Japan Times Chino Shoho's quirks pose no threat, Japan Times Pana Wave, Wikipedia Tama-Chan, Wikipedia

Content Warning - Discussions of Child Sexual Abuse.  Johnny Kitagawa is Japan's most successful music producer of all time, having represented artists for over 50 years. His company, Johnny & Associates, are notorious for bullying, blackmail, control and monopolies. There have also been more troubling accusations about Kitagawa since the early 90s... Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Guardian article 1  Guardian article 2  New York Times - SMAP breaking up  Nikkei - Fair Trade Commission warns J&A  Twitter Thread on J&A New York Times - Accusations against Kitagawa  Variety - Abuse of Power