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Vax Passports: Valid in Participating Locations ONLY (w/Magdalena Osumi)

Japan Times Journalist Magdalena Osumi updates us on Japan's border entry sitch, and outlines Japan's new "vaccine passport" system, which could help lift some restric...

Stairy Stories (w/Lindsay Nelson)

What's that awful groaning sound?? Nope, it's not us talking about the Olympics, it's Japanese horror! Lindsay Nelson tells us all about the world of scary Japanese m...

Bursting the Press Bubble (w/Oscar Boyd)

The Olympics have begun, but more importantly, the MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPICS HAS BEGUN! Officially accredited press person Oscar Boyd tells us about all of the ru...

The Spectatorless, Segregated, Chinese Olympics (w/Meshida)

Japanese comedian Meshida talks what it's like to be a Japanese resident of Tokyo during the ramp up to the Olympics, and how yeah, we're "witnessing history," but so ...

"Sustainable Japan Comedy," or "Recycling Content" (w/Dogen)

Dogen drops by to talk divorcing the professional and personal as a content creator, how to mine the same old Japan for new jokes, and to settle the issue of whether o...

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