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* Japan Talk News - Sumo Match Fixing Claims
* Japan must rewrite constitution
* Japanese government considering copyright law rewrite
* Japanese Nationalists to produce Nanjin movie
* Japan to host unofficial meeting of the IWC
* Coca Cola recall
* Japan to scrap moon mission?

* China bans pig references in the Year of the Pig
* Doggy pedometer
* Hello Kitty's new tunes
* New Toto Apricot toilet seat
* Man defrauds people in pachinko scam
* Third time's the charm for Miss Japan
* Japanese man nabbed for shooting "down under"

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, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in the U.S., Overoften in Kumamoto, Flaffer in St. Louis, and JP in Tokyo

Music
Podshower
* Beautiful Day, by Rika Shinohara

MF247
* Gospel Michi, by Soushi (Storybook)

Podsafe Music Network
* Hold On, by Tom Waits

Links of Interest
* d'peg from SomeWare
* Engadget
* Let's Narrate

* Rika Shinohara on CD baby

* J-LIST
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

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* All-female artist music episode
* Noodle King Update
* Natto shortage in Japan
* But is there?
* An-burger
* Calorie counting machine

* Murder Japanese Style - with a bowling ball
* Accused groper writes a book
* Frustrated train conductor vents with mischief
* Fair pay urged for Filipino nurses
* Skimpiest school skirts in Japan
* Kiss Meter
* Smell-o-phone
* If you're going to San Francisco

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, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Dr. Paul Nicholls in the U.S., Overoften in Kumamoto, Flaffer in St. Louis, and JP in Tokyo

Music
Garageband
* Hello California, by Salme Dahlstrom

Promonet
* Borderline, by Jody Watley

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MF247
* Right The Way, by Riy

Links of Interest
* Popgadget
* Let's Narrate
* natto
* anko

* J-LIST
* Japundit

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* Crazy week last week at Japan Talk
* Japan Talk featured in Podcast User Magazine
* Japan Talk Birthday
* Japundut Birthday

* Low Adult Day (January 9) Turnout
* Sea of Japan? Sea of Peace?
* Obituary: Momofuku Ando - inventor of instant noodles
* Japan Web Cams
* Shinto nuptials attract Taiwanese
* CASIO calculators - 1 billion sold
* China: Teenage sex survey
* China: New syphilis epidemic
* North Korea: Monster bunnies
* Cambodia: seasonal rat boom
* Fujiya - bacteria filled food
* Japanese eager to perform sex on camera

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Dinner And TV, by The Loving Its
* Kuseni, by EEE (Triple E)

Garageband
* Blue Thunder Boogie, by Mark Scott LaMountain

Links of Interest
* Japanese Webcams at Globocam
* Podcast User Magazine
* Jindiecast
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* kuseni: and yet

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