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This is a weekly English podcast about all things Japan and Kagoshima! If you want to learn English or about Japanese culture, news life, and other fun things, give us a listen.

Small Talk Kagoshima


    • Jan 9, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 291 EPISODES


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    New Year's Tuna Sells for $3.2 Million Dollars! | STJ 296

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 32:53


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    Japan 2025 Recap | STJ 295

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 30:37


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    How Dangerous Is the Nankai Trough? | STJ 294

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 37:00


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    Going Abroad for All the Wrong Reasons | STJ 293

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 26:15


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    Did an Old Man Yakuza Beef End in Arson? | STJ 292

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 32:09


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    First Female Prime Minister of Japan! | STJ 291

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 31:46


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    No Coallition = No Prime Minister in Japan | STJ 290

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 35:17


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    Blame Foreigners for Everything! Japan: FIXED! | STJ 298

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 42:54


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    Sanseito Says Gayness Is Contagious | STJ 288

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 31:15


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    Another Prime Minister Gone | STJ 287

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 33:56


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    Australian Tourist Steals From Grave Drinks Offering | STJ 286

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 37:38


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    Massive Flooding in Kyushu and McD's/Pokemon Blunder | STJ 285

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 28:21


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    Sanseito's Crazy Position on WW2 | STJ 284

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 31:09


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    Is Populism On the Rise In Japan? | STJ 283

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 42:20


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    The Most Random Show Yet | STJ 282

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 44:07


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    What is a "butsukari otoko" ? | STJ 281

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 41:43


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    When Will Restaurants Learn To Stop the Racism? | STJ 279

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 32:34


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    WTH Is Abe's Widow Doing? | STJ 280

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 42:58


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    Japan Has Financial 'Nuclear' Option in Trade War with US | STJ 278

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 35:29


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    Nintendo Reveals Two-Tier Switch Pricing | STJ 277

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 40:40


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    JT Invades the Studio | STJ 276

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 46:18


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    Trump Picks a Fight with Japan? | STJ 275

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 42:01


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    Foreign Streamer Seen Attacked With A Bottle On Livestream In Japan | STJ 274

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 31:47


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    800 Cabbages Stolen Amidst Soaring Prices | STJ 273

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 31:12


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    Japan Is Getting More Expensive | STJ 272

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 37:01


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    Why Did This SMAP Member Pay A Woman 90 Million Yen? | STJ 271

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 44:58


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    Asahi Beer Fires Spokesperson For Getting Wasted | STJ 270

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 32:47


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    Mochi-Caused Deaths Rise Over Japanese Holidays? | STJ 269

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 33:54


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    Not Paying For Dinner? Domestic Abuse Says Japan | STJ 268

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 33:47


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    Luigi Mangione Visits Japan, Calls People NPCs | STJ 267

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 24:56


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    Japanese Youth Have Stopped Kissing | STJ 266

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 30:54


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    Americans, Run Away to Japan! | STJ 265

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 43:26


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    Did the Shibuya Shutdown work? | STJ 264

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 32:34


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    American Teen Sets Fire to Tokyo | STJ 263

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 22:35


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    Stay Away from Shibuya For Halloween! | STJ 262

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 29:45


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    Bomb Explodes at Japanese Airport ON TAPE! | STJ 261

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 36:31


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    Wrongful Death Row Inmate Exonerated After 50 Years| STJ 260

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 32:36


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    So, I emailed Tim Cook | STJ 259

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 41:14


    When all else fails, does emailing Tim Cook really do anything?

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    Japan Needs a Border Wall? | STJ 255

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 32:21


    The Mexicans are invading Japan?

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    Man Steals Neighbor's Cat and Abandons It 70KM Away | STJ 258

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 32:07


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    Typhoon Slams Japan And Our Hosts Totally Take It Seriously | STJ 256

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 24:21


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    Government's Evil Fuji Wall Foiled by Meddling Teenagers! | STJ 250

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 52:41


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    Earthquake in Japan and Other Nonsense | STJ 254

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 23:34


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    Woman Floated from Shizuoka to Chiba in a TUBE | STJ 252

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 47:52


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    American 7-11 to Become More Japanese? | STJ 251

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 31:58


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    Himeji Castle to Increase Prices for Foreigners Only? | STJ 249

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 30:29


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    New Survey Shows Japanese People More Lonely Abroad | STJ 248

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 41:29


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    Japanese Can't Communicate with Foreign Coworkers | STJ 247

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 48:42


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    Rest in Peace Kabosu | STJ 246

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 39:10


    Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/s/W6Nzf7MCIi 「自己責任」が重すぎる──増える「子どもがほしくない20代」 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/72e4f720645a3abf4c3f558ff5e800015e536e0f?page=1 39 elementary school students sent to the hospital due to suspected heatstroke after sports day practice https://goemon-jp.com/vi/news/39-elementary-school-students-sent-to-the-hospital-due-to-suspected-heatstroke-after-sports-day-practice-ukewDYF2hmHdgAP6HzvEkP?language=en Ramen lovers continue to eat noodles as restaurant goes up in flames around them【Video】 https://soranews24.com/2024/05/29/ramen-lovers-continue-to-eat-noodles-as-restaurant-goes-up-in-flames-around-them%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/ ‘Zombie Train' will return this summer to haunt passengers https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15266171 City in Japan issues residential certificate for same-sex male couple as unregistered husband https://goemon-jp.com/vi/news/city-in-japan-issues-residential-certificate-for-same-sex-male-couple-as-unregistered-husband-hdhbchiZceEmyiRDyPUZKY?language=en $20,000 annual pay: Japan's weak yen drives away Asian talent https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/20-000-annual-pay-Japan-s-weak-yen-drives-away-Asian-talent ‘Megasolar' is a dirty word in Japan. Where do solar projects go from here? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/05/26/energy/megasolar-opposition-solutions/ 4 Chinese Vessels Enter Japan's Contiguous Zone near Senkaku Islands; 158th Consecutive Day Since December https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20240528-188716/ Holes found in black screen blocking viral Mt. Fuji photo spot https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/05/d1d6420ac648-holes-found-in-black-screen-blocking-viral-mt-fuji-photo-spot.html Foreign thieves likely behind stolen Japan bonsai amid boom abroad https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/05/98b7d97a41ad-foreign-thieves-likely-behind-stolen-japan-bonsai-amid-boom-abroad.html

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    Woman Calls Police 1,200 Times, Threatens Them with Christmas| STJ 245

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 44:34


    Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki: "The Golden Age of Anime Has Passed" https://www.cbr.com/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-anime-golden-age-over/ Kanagawa woman arrested for calling police 1,200 times in 8 days, saying “Merry Christmas, Die!” https://soranews24.com/2024/05/22/kanagawa-woman-arrested-for-calling-police-1200-times-in-8-days-saying-merry-christmas-die/ Japanese town installs barrier to block viral Mt. Fuji photo spot https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/05/7e44bb4acc84-japanese-town-installs-barrier-to-block-viral-mt-fuji-photo-spot.html Osaka man fatally stabbed by wife after asking her, 'Isn't dinner ready yet?' https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240515/p2a/00m/0na/005000c#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20police%20station,him%20as%20he%20was%20lying 少女の性行為動画等をスマホに保存 小学校の33歳男性教師が停職4カ月の処分 退職の意向は示さず https://fnn.jp/articles/-/703788

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    New Foreigner Pricing in Japan?? | STJ 243

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 43:29


    Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode Why the Japanese Yen is Collapsing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSsPXlql18 Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Now, Japan hates him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFn6gWYMDpo New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals https://soranews24.com/2024/05/08/new-tokyo-restaurant-charges-higher-prices-to-foreign-tourists-than-japanese-locals/ Japan's real wages fall in March for record 24th month https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/05/ec78325f8a85-update1-japans-real-wages-fall-in-march-for-record-24th-month.html Stories we didn't talk about https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/japan/crime-legal/shinjuku-woman-fatal-stabbing/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240507_09/

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