* Ivica Osim downed by major stroke
* Getting away with murder in Japan
* Japan court rejects confession
* OB-GYN shortage to get worse in Japan?

* Chinese toys safer than those of other countries?
* Crowd strips field of sunflowers
* Big Al would have been proud
* Tax Offices says celeb gaijin are skipping on tax
* Pair robs oldster of gold bars
* A woman's place
* 50% of Japan young subject to "dating violence"
* Police nab "Quick-Draw McGraw"

Music
Podshower
* Beautiful Day by Rika Shinohara
Podsafe Music Network
* Lady Pearl by Madi Sato
MF247
* Proceed (Sleeper Mix) by Hiroshi Takasugi

Links of Interest
* Another tradition fading, Japan Times
* LA Times report on murder in Japan
* Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Nova failure causes 40% drop in English industry sales
* The yellow fever myth
* Machine judges age
* Space curry
* U.S. pressured Abe to change sex slave stance

* Lottery leavings
* Japan to lower age of majority
* Organization cannot determine who is in charge
* Needle terrorism
* Firefighter drove engines, ambulances without license
* National health insurance uncoverage
* Thieves steal guardrail
* Senior cop arrested for shoplifting

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Headphone
* Bura Bura
* Morning Glory
All by Rika Shinohara

Links of Interest
* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Listener Feedback

* All in the Family Mart
* Blackwater in Japan
* The taxman cometh
* Lost leg located in Tokyo
* Signs with a message that smells

* KittyCon 2008
* Foreigners fight funny food
* 3-million studying Japanese
* KFC chickens out of Japan
* Brain interface for Second Life
* Diabetes rates higher in rural Japan
* Easy pickings in Japan
* The Suicide Club
* Tokyo teachers stiff schools for food fees
* New online dating site law eyed
* Anti-groping cellphone solution
* DENTSU U.S.A. employee sues randy prez

Music
MF247
* Seishun Maggie by The Alan Smithy Band
* For You (Arrive Dream Mix) by Hiroshi Takasugi/
Podsafe Music Network
* Breakin' Out by Shemekia Copeland

Links of Interest
* Ninniku Monogatari
* Alex Kerr
* Dogs and Demons
* KittyCon 2008

* Mainichi Daily News
* Japan Times
* The Daily Yomiuri
* Asahi Shimbun

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com