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Fancy a Cheeky Valentine's Show? (live show announcement)

Links to tickets! Get your tickets ASAP for guaranteed entry! https://peatix.com/group/12083451/events

The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 2: July~December]

We did it! The second half of all of the news that came out of Japan in 2022. All of it. And we don't get side tracked or distracted by other chats. Thank you for list...

The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 1: January~June]

Part one of a (potential?) two-part run down of every single news story that came out of Japan in 2022.

Why was Shinzo Abe killed? (w/Jake Adelstein)

Shinzo Abe was assassinated. But did he deserve it? Jake Adelstein gets remarkably close to making the case that he did.

Tokyo, City of Dreams/Permissive Zoning Policy (w/Joe McReynolds)

Joe McReynolds is co-author of a new book about how flexible micro-spaces create the spontaneity and vitality of Tokyo, and how so much the city is built on the often ...

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