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Ollie is in Tokyo and Fukuoka (and Hong Kong and KL and Brighton and London and Edinburgh...)
Little message from Ollie to say that he's heading to Japan as part of his stand-up comedy tour. Tickets are available with a big JBRC discount if you use the promo co...
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 ...
Biden Time! (w/Michelle Ye Hee Lee)
Joe Biden's Straight Talk Express comes to Asia! WaPo Bureau Chief Michelle Ye Hee Lee joins us to talk about what Biden took away from his time in Japan. If he's anyt...
Marching into April/Japanese Castles (w/Oleg Benesch)
Japan Scholar Oleg Benesch joins us to to talk about the past, present, and future of Japanese castles, and break down the debates around them, proving that when it c...
Imagining a Militarized Japan and then Laughing (w/Tom Phuong Le)
Author of Japan's Aging Peace, Tom Le, stops in to talk about Japan's security concerns and help us think about an important hypothetical question: Ok, Japan, let's sa...
Locked Out of our $500 Abandoned House (w/Alex Kerr)
Author Alex Kerr may be single-handedly responsible for the current global spotlight on restoring old Japanese country homes, so we talk to him about how these homes m...
JBRC HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2021, YAY!
Jesus is the reason for the season, so let's all THANK CHRIST that this year is finally over! Before we take a short hiatus ahead of Season 4, join us and a whole sle...
Married to Our Research (w/Joy Hendry)
Author of new book, "An Affair with a Village" and leading UK expert on Japan, Joy Hendry joins us to discuss a whole variety of things, like MEXT Scholarships, marria...
Fumio, Fumio, Whatfore art thou, Fumio? (w/Tobias Harris)
Abe-ographer (The Iconoclast) Tobias Harris stops by to break down the power dynamics in the LDP, speculate on whether or not Kishida's going to get a belated honeymoo...
Kat(akana) Got Your Tongue? (w/Dr. Wes Robertson)
Why do foreigners in Japan speak in Katakana? Well, Bobby does it because the TV director told him it's funnier that way. But Dr. Wes Robertson shares his NON-anecdota...
All in the Same Boat, But We're in Steerage (w/Thalia Harris)
Thalia Harris stops by to talk about second-class citizenship in Japan during the pandemic, and also has such an interesting story about the Titanic that we had NO CHO...
Need a Leader? Try Kishida! (w/Motoko Rich)
NYT Tokyo Bureau Chief Motoko Rich gets onboard to talk about Kishida's first month in office. What has he done so far? What does his administration mean for Japan? An...
The Runaway Bride (w/Aya Shimada)
Aya Shimada tells us what the fuss over Princess Mako's nuptials tells us about Japan's treatment of women, and also, what's so wrong with marrying a commoner? I did i...
Burakku Purin: The UK-Japan Trade Deal (w/Pernille Rudlin)
Business consultant Pernille Rudlin helps us look back on the largely disappointing post-Brexit trade deal between Japan and the UK, which may have only been signed be...
Bonus Extras from E83 (w/Chelsea Schieder)! (No episode this week)
We're really sorry to say we were unable to get an episode to you this week, so enjoy these extras that were previously released only to our monthly members. Thank you...