* Thanksgiving in Japan
* Pizza Toppings
* Sushi Police
* McDonalds patents its sandwiches

* Michelle Wie

* Japanese economy: Name that boom
* Reverse graft?
* 3 million yen found among garbage
* Chinese student makes millions selling virtual weapons
* Expert warns against income disparities
* Japanese youth the most miserable in the world

* Testicular assault (U.S.)
* Caterpillar to move HQ to Beijing
* Lawsuit, American style
* Washlet syndrome

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Peace, by In-sist
* Kuseni, by EEE (Triple E)
* Do They Have E-mail In Heaven, by Jim Terr

Links of Interest
* What Japan Thinks
* Tarako
* Michelle Wie
* Let's Narrate
* Podsafe Music Network
* J-LIST
* Japundit

Plastic Soul Band Music available here:
* iTunes
* CD Baby
* Podsafe Music Network

Japanese Terms Used
* pasa-pasa: dry
* tarako: code roe
* washlet: water spout in high-tech toilet
* kuseni: and yet

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Baseball with the gals
* Japan Forum
* Retired husband syndrome
* New divorce law in Japan

* Thailand: Panda porn plan
* Learn from Lei Feng (China)
* Toyoda under fire (South Korea)
* Norkstock? (North Korea)
* Government considering term limits
* The Ishihara cedar chop
* Spend Christmas in Tokyo with the King of Ped

* 27 students send letters to government threatening suicide
* Parents hiring gumshoes to detect school bullying
* Students build record-busting paper airplane
* Train leaves station without conductor
* Magicians arrested for defacing currency
* Persistent sexual arousal syndrome in Japan

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Love Dog, by Chris Juergensen
* Jelly Beans, by EEE (Triple E)
MF247
* Ashita, by Chiemi Jones

Links of Interest
* Darvish Watch
* Taiwanese cheergirl video
* North Korea Rock Festival
* Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS)

* Japan Forum
* MF247
* Podsafe Music Network
* J-LIST
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* iku: to cum (lit. to go)
* byou: short for byouki, meaning sickness or disease
* ashita: tomorrow

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* A bit of a cold (Be ready to duck!)
* Be sure to change your Japan Talk feed to feeds.feedburner.com/japunditpodcast
* No need to do anything if you are subscribed through iTunes

* Hollywood stars threaten Japander
* Pixelgirl
* Drop that microphone and put up your hands!
* Japanese indie musicians: Please make your music podsafe!!
* Kidney transplant trickery
* Luxury toilet in Akihabara
* Waterless toilet
* China arrests huggers
* 62% of Japan coeds not virgins
* Podderbation
* The most popular delivery food in Japan is...

* Car bursts into flames
* North Korea: Next source of cheap labor?
* Copper disappearing in Hokkaido
* No shopping bag bra
* Baby abandonment service started
* Primary school students extort 100,000 yen from classmates
* Man throws urine on woman's car
* Scorned woman climbs 10-meter pole

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* L.T.M., by Alan Smithy Band
* Kinen, by Stun Notes
Podsafe Music Network
* Lonesome Hearted Women's Blues, by Plastic Soul Band

Links of Interest
* Ed's Mixed Bag
* Let's Narrate
* Pixelgirl
* Yokie from Muskogee
* Japander
* Nikko
* Winney
* Triumph International theme underwear
* MF247
* J-LIST
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* kinen: anniversary

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Back from Kyushu
* Big thanks to the Japundit crew
* MyBobby Burger moment
* Pixelgirl
* Japan talk on Ed's Mixed Bag

* Review: Sex Secrets of an American Geisha

* Canned coffee
* Japanese economy
* Sayonara Shinjo
* Mr. Roboto
* Whale meat
* Female pachinko market
* Don't eat the toads
* Your tax dollars at work. . . Not!
* School to test chopstick etiquette
* The beef is back
* Beef bowl yokozuna
* Sunshine or Stockholm?
* Japans mobile phone companies at war
* Fertility notification by phone
* Cops stick it to body piercer
* Rabbits on the moon
* Maid hunting
* Priests for hire
* Video makes teachers, students sick
* Railway worker arrested for on-train molestation

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Shiroi Kumo To Aoisora, by Plastic Soul Band
* Hallelujah, by EEE

Links of Interest
* Pixelgirl
* Ed's Mixed Bag
* J-LIST
* Beef bowl yokozuna T-shirt
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* shiroi kumo: white clouds
* aoi sora: blue sky
* gyuu-don: beef bowl
* yokozuna: sumo grand champion
* usagi: rabbit
* otaku: geek

Contact: podcast@japundit.com