Japan This Week

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. Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ 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

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

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/

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 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ 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

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

In this week's news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is back in a Tokyo jail tonight facing new financial misconduct charges; the new era name for Crown Prince Naruhito’s ascension to the throne next month has been announced — and not everyone is happy; after a recent survey, the Japan Tourism Agency wants transit and tourist information signs cleaned of “Engrish;” a new labor reform law came into force limiting overtime for workers in a bid to combat “karoshi” or “death from overwork” plus a teacher in Yamaguchi Prefecture is in hot water after forcibly shaving the head of one of his students. Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ This weeks stories: Bail Fail Jail — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ex-Nissan-boss-Ghosn-served-4th-arrest-warrant-calls-it-%27outrageous%27 Autocrat Era — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-gov't-says-era-name-translates-as-beautiful-harmony https://japantoday.com/category/national/Abe-explains-choice-of-Reiwa-for-next-era-name https://japantoday.com/category/business/Companies-looking-to-cash-in-on-new-era-name Karoshi Cap — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-introduces-legal-cap-on-long-work-hours-under-labor-reform-law Lost in Translation — https://japantoday.com/category/national/odd-translations-found-on-english-websites-for-tourists-in-japan Velvet Buzz Cut — https://japantoday.com/category/national/high-school-teacher-in-hot-water-after-forcibly-giving-male-student-a-buzz-cut

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 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ 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

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. Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ Get updated via our telegram channel: https://t.me/japanthisweek 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

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. Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 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

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. Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/ 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

In this week's news from Japan Today: PM Abe says he won’t scrap the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa even after it was rejected by the people in a referendum; an ruling party lawmaker has resigned from the legislature amid allegations that he raped a woman; an association in Fukushima Prefecture is promoting shoveling snow as fun, good for you and will bring positive vibes from others; sadly another child abuse story this week about yet another bad mom; the Japanese space agency successfully landed a craft on an asteroid 300 million miles from earth plus a Tokyo university has delivered the world’s smallest — healthy — baby boy. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Ace of U.S. Base — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Abe-says-gov't-to-stick-to-Okinawa-base-plan-despite-referendum-result Diet Rapist — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-ldp-lawmaker-offers-to-give-up-diet-seat-amid-rape-allegations Bad Mom — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Woman-arrested-for-child-abuse-after-throwing-TV-remote-control-at-8-year-old-daughter Shovel It — https://japantoday.com/category/national/fukushima-town-promotes-snow-shoveling-as-fun-exercise Spaced Out — https://japantoday.com/category/tech/Japanese-spacecraft-lands-on-asteroid-300-million-kilometers-from-Earth Tom Thumb — https://japantoday.com/category/national/world's-smallest-baby-boy-returns-home-healthy-japanese-university

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

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.” https://japantoday.com/ 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

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

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

In this week's news from Japan Today: The Russian foreign minister asks why Japan can’t accept the outcome of World War II; a French investigators accuse Japanese Olympic Committee president of bribery in order to land the event in Tokyo in 2020; two men win a lawsuit against Osaka city banning train drivers from having beards; a Japanese idol singer says mental health an issue for fetishized young girls in pop groups plus a man in Tokyo has been arrested for attacking a young women’s kimono on Coming of Age Day — with sauce. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: WWII-ish — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lavrov-asks-why-Japan-cannot-accept-results-of-World-War-II Olympic Scandal — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-olympic-official-takeda-denies-corruption-allegations All Abeard! — https://japantoday.com/category/national/osaka-subway-drivers-win-court-case-over-right-to-grow-beards Cute Idol Health — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/There-are-many-mentally-unwell-girls-in-AKB48-claims-ex-member TELL Counseling — https://telljp.com/ Kimono Attack — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-throwing-sauce-on-young-woman%E2%80%99s-kimono-on-coming-of-age-day

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

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

In this week's news from Japan Today: Tokyo prosecutors formally charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn for financial misconduct and extended his detention until Dec 20; Japan’s ruling and opposition parties brawled in the Diet over the passing of a controversial bill; the kanji for disaster has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in 2018; a man was arrested for stabbing a woman in the back at a Tokyo train station plus a look at American women's rights and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger’s 1922 visit to Japan. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Cool Things from Japan at the GaijinPot Store: https://store.gaijinpot.com/ This week's stories: Still Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-Kelly-formally-charged-over-financial-misconduct-Nissan-also-indicted https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Nissan-Ghosn-clash-over-Rio-apartment-filled-with-art-cash Brawliticians — https://japantoday.com/category/national/As-Japan-OKs-law-to-let-more-foreigners-in-tiny-rural-town-wants-to-go-further Kanji of the Year — https://japantoday.com/category/national/(disaster)-chosen-as-kanji-character-best-representing-2018 Backstabber — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-stabbing-woman-near-train-station-in-tokyo Dangerous Thoughts — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Birth-control-advocate-Margaret-Sanger-brings-'dangerous-thoughts'-to-Japan-in-1922

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. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Missing Airmen — https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast Law & 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 https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman's-finger-in-western-japan-city

In this week's news from Japan Today: The arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dominates the news; the Japanese ruling party ushered in a bill proposing two new statuses of visa that could allow up to 345,000 blue-collar workers in to help a labor shortage; the U.S. State of Kansas will stop issuing license plates with letters making up an offensive term for the Japanese; a woman was arrested for leaving her elderly father — who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease — at a freeway rest stop and a new trend in “compensated dating” for young men is grabbing tabloid headlines. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Ghosn Daddy Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Japanese-prosecutors-say-they-will-detain-Ghosn-as-long-as-needed https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-allegedly-shifted-personal-investment-loss-of-%C2%A51.7-bil-to-Nissan Foreign Labor — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update4-ruling-bloc-pushes-bill-to-expand-foreign-labor-through-lower-house Vanity Plates — https://japantoday.com/category/national/kansas-stops-issuing-license-plates-with-offensive-term-for-japanese Daddy Day Care — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-father-with-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-at-expressway-parking-area Japanese Gigolo — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/rise-of-the-'mama-katsu'%E2%80%93-women-handing-out-favors-to-young-men-they-meet-on-sns

In this week's news from Japan Today: The Cuban ambassador to Japan banned from staying at a Hilton Hotel in Fukuoka; a Japanese lawmaker in charge of cybersecurity admits to not using a computer in 25 years; popular Korean boy band BTS has fallout from the wearing of an atomic bomb shirt; a movie stuntman was arrested for cutting a girls skirt on an escalator and a Tokyo man formally marries celebrity hologram. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Cuban Ambassador Ban — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Cuban-ambassador-denied-room-at-Hilton-hotel-in-Fukuoka-due-to-U.S.-sanctions Cyber Insecurity — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan's-cyber-security-minister-admits-never-having-used-computer BTS Bombs — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/k-pop-group-bts's-talent-agency-apologizes-over-a-bomb-shirtr Skirt Stunt — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/action-movie-stuntman-arrested-for-cutting-high-school-girl%E2%80%99s-skirt Hologram Wedding — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/crazy-in-love-the-japanese-man-'married'-to-a-hologram

In this week's news from Japan Today: U.S. President Donald Trump makes the news in Japan again for his treatment of a Japanese reporter; passengers will be banned from carrying knives aboard all trains in Japan starting next year; the CEO of SoftBank — one of Japan’s richest men — defends his company accepting Saudi money in the wake of the Kashoggi killing; a man who hasn’t left his house in 40 years has been arrested for abandoning the corpse of his mother plus we look at the 1934 visit to Japan by baseball legend Babe Ruth — the sultan of swat, the Great Bambino — in 1934 in our latest Japan Yesterday segment. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Unfair Trade — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trump-says-Japan-treats-U.S.-unfairly-on-trade-by-not-taking-more-American-cars Knives Out — https://japantoday.com/category/national/passengers-to-be-banned-from-carrying-knives-onto-all-trains-in-april Blood Money — https://japantoday.com/category/tech/SoftBank-CEO-Son-says-Saudi-fund-to-continue-despite-Khashoggi-murder The Mummy — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/49-year-old-man-socially-withdrawn-for-40-years-arrested-for-abandoning-mother%E2%80%99s-corpse Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/babe-ruth-the-sultan-of-swat-visits-japan

In this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese airline pilot was arrested for being 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol when he showed up for his flight to Tokyo; November in Japan means it’s time for “Warm Biz,” when the thermostat gets turned down and the sweaters get put on; the governor of Okinawa is headed to the U.S. with a message — get your military bases outta here!; the Japanese government is warning its citizens not to smoke weed in Canada where it’s legal plus a plethora of Paul McCartney in Japan news. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: JAL D.U.I. — https://japantoday.com/category/national/JAL-pilot-arrested-in-London-admits-being-almost-10-times-over-alcohol-limit Warm Biz — https://japantoday.com/category/national/gov't-kicks-off-warm-biz-energy-saving-campaign Get Out! — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Okinawa-governor-plans-to-visit-U.S.-and-tell-Americans-to-stop-building-disputed-military-base Up in Smoke — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Japan-2-other-Asian-nations-warn-citizens-not-to-use-marijuana-in-Canada Beatlemania — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/paul-mccartney-arrives-in-japan-for-four-concerts https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Japanese-superfans-lose-fight-for-Beatles-footage https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/New-video-for-Beatles'-'Glass-Onion'-released-on-Apple-Music

In this week's news from Japan Today: a freelance Japanese journalist is freed from three years in captivity in Syria; women not accepted to Tokyo Medical University due to their sex are now seeking redress; the U.S. State Department says Japan is still non-compliant with the Hague Convention on international child abductions; a 15-year-old was arrested for killing his grandfather, attempting to kill his grandmother and plotting to kill a student from his school plus Halloween in Japan — it’s not celebrated like it is in the West. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Blogs of War — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Journalist-freed-from-Syria-returns-to-Japan-to-relief-and-criticism Discrimination Compensation — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Women-demand-Tokyo-Medical-University-compensate-them-over-entry-test-rigging Custody Battles — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Foreign-divorced-parents-fight-in-vain-for-child-custody-in-Japan Kizuna Child-Parent Reunion Project — https://www.kizuna-cpr.org/ Making a Murderer — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/15-year-old-boy-who-killed-grandfather-wounded-grandmother-also-planned-to-kill-classmate Fright Night — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/something-for-everyone-this-halloween Have Your Say "Halloween in Japan" — https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-about-the-way-halloween-is-celebrated-in-japan

In this week's news from Japan Today: Another big Japanese company admits to falsifying data for its products; a woman in Osaka Prefecture is arrested for the murder of her father then her brother in a story right out of a mystery novel; the youngest ever Othello board game champ gets a big surprise on his flight home to Japan and an inspirational look back at Helen Keller’s 1937 visit to Japan — the first of many. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Data Shakeup — https://japantoday.com/category/business/Data-cheating-worries-spread-to-Tokyo-Skytree-Olympic-buildings Artful Daughter? — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Woman-arrested-for-killing-brother-to-be-charged-over-father's-death Othello Champ — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Youngest-Othello-world-champion-flown-home-by-man-whose-record-he-beat Bicycle Etiquette — https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/What-do-you-think-of-bicycling-etiquette-in-Japan- Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/helen-keller-brings-hope-and-light-to-japan

In this week's news from Japan Today: Osaka severs sister city relationship with San Francisco; Kyoto starts taxing accommodations of visitors to the city; A Kumamoto city councilwoman is censured for a cough drop; a suicide’s collateral damage in Tokyo and Japanese yakuza members are living longer and healthier lives. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Discomfort Women — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Osaka-cuts-sister-city-ties-with-San-Francisco-over-'comfort-women'-statue Kyoto Tax — https://japantoday.com/category/national/kyoto-introduces-lodging-tax-on-tourists Kumamoto Cough Drop — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/kumamoto-councilwoman-who-took-baby-to-work-kicked-out-of-conference-for-using-cough-drop Suicide Damage — https://japantoday.com/category/national/woman-injures-pedestrian-in-suicide-leap-from-building-in-tokyo Goodfellas — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/Yakuza-enjoying-benefits-of-healthier-living-and-longer-life

In this week's news from Japan Today: PM Abe and President Trump agree to talk trade; Nintendo shuts down a go-karting company using its character likenesses; a woman is arrested in Tokyo for hiding the remains of her dead infant in coin lockers; the great Kanto versus Kansai rivalry and Rugby World Cup players and fans are asked to cover their tattoos ahead of the tournament. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Japan-U.S. Trade — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-U.S.-agree-to-start-talks-on-free-trade-deal No Go-Karting! — https://japantoday.com/category/business/Nintendo-wins-court-battle-over-Mario-go-karting Coin Locker Baby — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Woman-arrested-for-leaving-body-of-newborn-baby-in-coin-locker Kanto vs. Kansai — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/the-old-and-enduring-mutual-dislike-between-people-of-kansai-and-kanto Bad Tattoos — https://japantoday.com/category/rugby-world-cup-2019/rugby-world-rugby-advise-teams-to-cover-up-tattoos-at-japan-world-cup

In this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese billionaire will be the first private citizen to travel around the moon with Space X; another policeman killed at a community police station; Shinzo Abe is set to become Japan’s longest serving prime minister; Japan’s least popular city and Japan Yesterday looks at that time U.S. president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant visited with Emperor Meiji. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Over the Moon — https://japantoday.com/category/national/SpaceX-says-Japanese-billionaire-Maezawa-will-be-1st-private-passenger-on-rocket-trip-around-the-moon Dead Cops — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/police-officer-in-koban-stabbed-to-death-in-sendai-attacker-shot-dead All Hail Abe! — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Abe-re-elected-LDP-leader-setting-stage-to-become-Japan's-longest-serving-PM Least Popular City — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/what%E2%80%99s-japan%E2%80%99s-least-appealing-big-city-and-why-did-it-get-stuck-with-that-title Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/american-president-ulysses-s-grant-talks-peace-in-meiji-era-japan

In this week's news from Japan Today: Naomi Osaka is the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament but people seem obsessed with her nationality here; Japan — overwhelmed by natural disasters this summer — turns its attention to helping foreigners deal with emergencies; Prime Minister Abe and Vladimir Putin look to officially end WWII hostilities; how executioners get paid in Japan — and how much — and with Japan’s rise as a top travel destination so to the rise in “tourism pollution.” https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Osaka Grand Slam — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/U.S.-Open-champ-Naomi-Osaka-gets-hero's-welcome-in-Japan Helping Foreigners — https://japantoday.com/category/national/focus-quake-reveals-japan-woefully-unprepared-to-help-foreigners-in-disasters Abe Putin — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Putin-tells-Abe-he-hopes-for-peace-treaty-this-year Hangman Pay — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/cruel-yet-popular-punishment-japan's-death-penalty Tourism Pollution — https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-consider-placing-limits-on-the-number-of-people-who-enter-as-an-anti-crowding-measure.-to-maintain-our-pride-as-a-tourism-nation-harmonious-coexistence-with-local-residents-is-extremely-important.

In this week's news from Japan Today: An earthquake rocked Hokkaido on Thursday killing 16, causing landslides and knocking out power across the island; a powerful typhoon slammed Japan’s west coast with heavy rain and winds over 200 kmh and wreaking havoc; the Japanese government acknowledges the first radiation death among Fukushima nuclear plant workers; a man who was under arrest for rape and robbery escaped and is on the loose in Osaka and a police officer was charged with indecency after riding the train with his zipper open. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Hokkaido Quake — https://japantoday.com/category/national/2-dead-at-least-32-missing-after-M6.7-quake-hits-Hokkaido Typhoon — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Typhoon-death-toll-reaches-9-thousands-being-transported-from-Kansai-airport Radiation Death — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-acknowledges-first-radiation-death-among-fukushima-workers The Fugitive — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/Big-reward-for-Osaka-fugitive-draws-yakuza-interest Cop Junk — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-body-of-father-at-home-because-he-didn%E2%80%99t-want-to-be-separated-from-him

In this week's news from Japan Today: Five elderly patients died at a hospital in Gifu City when the air conditioner broke down, a newspaper reports JR West made workers sit in a tunnel as a bullet train passed by them for training, a new trend at Japan’s famous love hotels has customers stopping in for shorter than usual trysts, a son was arrested for not informing police his father had died then living with the corpse at his home and Conan O’Brien and the mayor of “Conan Town” in Tottori Prefecture have traded demands what the comedian calls “appropriation of his name” with a visit to Japan in the works. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Hospital Heat Deaths — https://japantoday.com/category/national/5-elderly-patients-die-in-Gifu-hospital-after-air-conditioning-breaks Trainsitting — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Bullet-train-staff-made-to-sit-by-tracks-as-safety-exercise Hotel Quickies — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/'fast-foodization'-of-love-hotels Dead Dad — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-kept-body-of-father-at-home-because-he-didn%E2%80%99t-want-to-be-separated-from-him Conan Town — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/mayor-of-japan%E2%80%99s-conan-town-to-conan-o%E2%80%99brien-if-you-want-the-money-come-visit https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/conan-o%E2%80%99brien-announces-trip-to-tottori-prefecture%E2%80%99s-conan-town

In this week's news from Japan Today: Japanese basketball players have to leave the Asian Games in Jakarta after getting caught with prostitutes, an elderly volunteer is setting an example in western Japan, Japan’S newest fighter pilot is a young women inspired by the movie “Top Gun,” man arrested at Narita airport for urinating on passenger mid-flight and that time in 1954 when Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio visited Japan on their honeymoon. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Blink! Community Workspace - https://blinkcommunity.com/ Basketball Disgrace — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/4-Japanese-basketball-players-sent-home-from-Asian-Games-after-night-with-prostitutes-in-hotel GaijinPot 2018 West Japan Aid - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/western-japan-floods-and-rain-disaster/ Super Volunteer — https://japantoday.com/category/national/%E2%80%98Super-volunteer%E2%80%99-who-found-missing-child-helping-residents-in-flood-struck-area Miss Top Gun — https://japantoday.com/category/national/breaking-barriers-japan-gets-first-woman-fighter-pilot The Urinator — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/American-man-arrested-for-urinating-on-another-passenger-on-flight-to-Japan Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Mrs-and-Mr-Marilyn-Monroe-honeymoon-in-Japan

In this week's news from Japan Today: Prestigious Tokyo Medical University admits to limiting acceptance of women, July was officially the hottest month on record in Japan, organizers are considering Daylight Savings Time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after the execution of 13 members of the Aum cult the Japanese government will provide security to the current justice minister and her family and a mystery of “tentacular” proportions in Sapporo. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Blink! Community Workspace - https://blinkcommunity.com/ Medical University — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-med-school-confirms-altering-scores-to-keep-out-women GaijinPot 2018 West Japan Aid - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/western-japan-floods-and-rain-disaster/ Heatwave Stats — https://japantoday.com/category/national/record-70-000-people-sent-to-hospitals-in-japan-due-to-heat-wave Daylight Savings — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympics-tokyo-2020-chief-asks-abe-to-consider-daylight-savings Justice Minister — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/justice-minister-family-to-get-police-protection-for-life-after-aum-executions Octopus Mystery — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-looking-for-suspect-who-threw-octopus-at-condo-over-and-over-for-one-hour

In this week's news from Japan Today: After the floods a heatwave scorches the nation, Japan and EU sign massive free trade agreement, a groper in Yokohama chases after his victim for a forcible kiss and our next installment of Japan Yesterday features Charlie Chaplin stumbling into a coup d’etat. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Japan Heatwave — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Death-toll-in-heat-wave-tops-30-more-than-10-000-taken-to-hospitals GaijinPot 2018 West Japan Aid - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/western-japan-floods-and-rain-disaster/ Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-EU-sign-massive-trade-deal-to-eliminate-nearly-all-tariffs Sons Says Stupid — https://japantoday.com/category/business/softbank's-son-says-japan-is-stupid-for-not-allowing-ride-sharing Forced Kiss — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-gropes-woman-chases-her-for-100-meters-to-forcibly-kiss-her Charlie Chaplin — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/charlie-chaplin-tramps-his-way-past-a-japanese-coup-d%E2%80%99etat

In this week's news from Japan Today: Floods from torrential rain causes landslides and devastation in western Japan, a Tokyo man is arrested for groping women by pretending to be blind, a bunch of Kanazawa grapes sell for over 1 million yen and the heat is on for Olympic organizers to alleviate the effects of the extremely hot and humid Tokyo summer conditions on athletes and spectators. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: West Japan Flooding — https://japantoday.com/category/national/70-000-rescuers-continue-search-for-missing-people-as-flood-death-toll-passes-200 GaijinPot 2018 West Japan Aid - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/western-japan-floods-and-rain-disaster/ Blind Groper — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fake-blind-man-arrested-for-groping-female-employee-at-tokyo-department-store Expensive Grapes — https://japantoday.com/category/national/bunch-of-premium-table-grapes-fetches-1.1-mil.-yen Olympic Heat — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/heat-is-on-tokyo-2020-organizers-to-combat-high-temperatures

In this week's news from Japan Today: Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult founder and six followers simultaneously without prior notice, Japanese soccer team bows out of World Cup but leaves locker room immaculate, a Nagoya ruling allows forcible cleanup of “garbage house,” think tank set up to look at flying cars to alleviate traffic problems plus a magazine reports on jobs that will be made redundant by AI. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Aum Executions — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Aum-cult-founder-Asahara-6-followers-hanged Clean Loss — https://japantoday.com/category/world-cup/soccer-social-media-users-laud-japan-for-spotless-locker-room Garbage House — https://japantoday.com/category/national/nagoya-court-orders-forcible-clean-up-of-%E2%80%98garbage-house%E2%80%99 GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Flying Cars — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-start-discussions-on-flying-cars-eyes-new-entry AI Scabs — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/what-jobs-will-ai-do-within-20-years-almost-everything-it-seems

In this week's news from Japan Today: Japan makes it through to the second round of the World Cup and video of Japanese fans cleaning up after the match go viral, a spate of fatal stabbings across the country this week, President Donald Trump claims to be regarded as a "world hero" in Japan, a member of the ruling LDP says that childless couples are "selfish" plus a new series on Japan Today — "Japan Yesterday" — takes a look at famous historical figures' first visits to the country . https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Clean Up Cup — https://japantoday.com/category/world-cup/Tidy-Japan-fans-make-us-proud-says-Yoshida Fatal Stabbings — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-dead-including-police-officer-after-man-attacks-Toyama-police-box Hero Trump —https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/north-korea-was-firing-missiles-over-japan-like-it-was-the-4th-of-july-last-year.-look-at-all-the-things-we've-had-there's-been-no-missiles-fired-there's-been-no-rockets-fired.-japan-thinks-i'm-like-a-world-hero-over-there. GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Childless Selfish — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/not-having-children-is-selfish-ldp-heavyweight-nikai Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/when-albert-einstein-formulated-his-japanese-cultural-equation

In this week's news from Japan Today: After this week's magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka wreaked havoc xenophobic rumors spread like wildfire across social media in Japan, President Trump made a disparaging remark to PM Abe at the G7 summit in Canada about Mexican immigrants, another horrific murder of a child at the hands of the parents, an official with Kobe city government is punished for going to lunch three minutes early plus orderly chaos across Japan after celebrations over the country's 2-1 win over Colombia in its first World Cup match in Russia. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: After the Quake — https://japantoday.com/category/national/osaka-gov't-warns-of-baseless-rumors-on-social-media-after-quake Mexican Whine — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/trump-threatened-to-send-25-million-mexicans-to-japan-report Horrific Parents —https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-year-old-boy-dies-after-being-locked-inside-TV-stand-drawer-by-father GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Lunch Break — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-worker's-pay-docked-for-taking-lunch-3-mins-early Cup Runneth Over — https://japantoday.com/category/world-cup/boozy-japan-fans-go-wild-after-shock-world-cup-win

In this week's news from Japan Today: Prime Minister Abe looks to his own summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, Japan officially lowers the age of adulthood, a heinous murder borne of the "dark web," return of the living dead plus if you're not into politics she may not be that into you says a Japanese think tank. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Kim Possible — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-aiming-for-Abe-Kim-summit-in-Russia-in-Sept Adults Only — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-enacts-law-to-lower-adulthood-age-to-18 Dark Web — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Suspects-in-abduction-murder-of-nurse-met-on-internet-dark-site GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Return of the Living Dead — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Man-presumed-dead-returns-home-a-year-after-family-cremated-wrong-body Down Vote — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/five-reasons-your-partner%E2%80%99s-political-apathy-means-you%E2%80%99d-be-better-off-without-them

In this week's episode: Prime Minister Abe and President Trump deal on trade and Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, a young child dies from abuse by her parents even though she left heartbreaking notes begging them to stop, the mystery surrounding the death of Japan's self-proclaimed "Don Juan," the man who wasn't dead plus a new poll reveals how many Japanese men and women are having sex at the office all from Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Bosom Buddies — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Abe-promises-Trump-new-Japanese-investment Death of a Child — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Fatally-abused-5-year-old-girl-wrote-notes-pleading-with-her-mother-stepfather-to-stop-beating-her What Happened to Japan's Don Juan? — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/murder-suspected-in-death-of-rich-man-dubbed-japanese-don-juan GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en The Man Who Wasn't Dead — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Osaka-emergency-personnel-mistakenly-pronounce-man-dead Sex in the Office — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/over-75-percent-of-japanese-women-say-they%E2%80%99ve-slept-with-a-male-coworker-survey

In this week's episode: Japanese politicians keep putting their feet in their mouths this time over motherhood and raising children, Japan continues to hunt and kill whales for “research purposes” (whatever that means) and their catch this year yields some horrific information, the Japanese government is opening the doors for more foreign workers to enter the country but there’s a catch — actually, a few of them — we tell you what they are, she rented a room in a couple’s home until she could get another place but she ended up abused and tortured — J-horror at it’s finest hits the news in Japan yet again plus the major influx of athletes and tourists for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympics have one company hoping it will help “prop up” their sales so we get “down to business” with that story all on Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Putting Their Foot in It — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/men-rearing-toddlers-an-unwelcome-idea-says-ruling-party-exec Whale of a Problem — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-whale-hunt-killed-122-pregnant-minkes Japan Wants You? — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-welcome-500-000-foreign-workers-to-help-plug-labor-shortage GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Rooms & Board — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/couple-arrested-for-abusing-25-year-old-woman-at-their-home-for-two-months Gettin' it on Games — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Japan%27s-condom-industry-looking-to-benefit-from-Rugby-World-Cup-Tokyo-Olympics

In this week's episode: Dirty tricks on the gridiron when a late tackle leaves a university quarterback injured and an opposing player and coach facing tough questions, President Donald Trump pours cold water on his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump threatens to impose huge tariffs on Japanese vehicles imported to the U.S. Sending shock waves through the industry, Platforms like Airbnb are looking to get a boost from new short-term rental laws coming in to effect in Japan this June, but excess regulations could put the squeeze on operators plus a man in Fukuoka Prefecture has been nabbed for stealing crime prevention whistles from children all on Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Playing Dirty — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/update1-american-football-former-coach-denies-ordering-flagrant-foul The Breakup — https://japantoday.com/category/world/Trump-cancels-summit-with-Kim-warns-of-military-action-if-necessary Car Trouble — https://japantoday.com/category/business/U.S.-launches-national-security-probe-of-vehicle-imports GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Rooms 4 Rent — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan's-new-'airbnb-law'-a-double-edged-sword Whistle Stop — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/31-year-old-arrested-for-stealing-whistles-from-little-girls

In this week's episode: Japan's deputy prime minister puts his foot in his mouth — again; an update on last week's horrific murder of a 7-year-old girl in Niigata as police arrest a suspect; an elderly woman in Hyogo Prefecture discovers someone has been living in an upstairs room of her house for almost 5 months; women in Japan reveal their worst dating experiences and it seems the men need to up their game plus Japan’s trains are renowned for their punctuality, but JR West has apologized for a train that left slightly early and more news from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Foot in mouth — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/aso-touches-on-potential-trip-by-n.-korean-leader-to-landmark-summit Child killer caught — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/associates-shocked-at-arrest-of-suspect-in-7-yr-old's-murder Unwanted house guest — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-living-in-elderly-woman%E2%80%99s-home-unnoticed-for-half-a-year Dating game — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/women-in-japan-reveal-their-worst-dating-experiences Express train — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/japanese-train-company-issues-official-apology-for-25-second-early-departure

In this week's episode: The horrific murder of a small child found on the railroad tracks in Niigata City; Japan, China and South Korea meet to discuss ending Kim Jong Un's nuclear program; PM Abe's strange dessert in Jerusalem; Japanese finance ministry officials get trained on what sexual harassment is; the number of children in Japan is at an all-time low and more news from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: A prisoner's “not so great escape” from a remote island in Ehime Prefecture ends after three weeks on the lam, a motorist gets "all revved up" and drives his car into a bike gang in Chiba, bus drivers enact "strike force zero" in Okayama, the Japanese government promotes "cool biz" wear for summer and an exodus of pink salons from Tokyo may help "small town sex." News and more from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: Unjust desserts for Japan at the inter-Koreas summit, the Japanese education minister practicing "sexy yoga," a fatal scuba diving accident in Wakayama Prefecture is now ruled a murder, more Tokyo 2020 Olympics woes and more news from Japan this week. News and more from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is still looking for assurances from President Trump, immigration center detainees launch hunger strike in Ibaraki Prefecture, two politicians are brought down by sex scandals and in major league baseball, Shuhei Ohtani's electrifying start with the California Angels and more news from Japan this week. News and more from Japan Today. japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan…id517133982?mt=2