* The Blast

* Apple Captures 72% of Japan Smartphone Market in 2009

* Whaling commission proposes limited commercial hunts

* Japan to open first overseas military base

* Shintaro Ishihara’s mouth gets him into trouble.... Again.

* Man wins strange lawsuit over cell phone burn injury

* Black-Asian violence not about race!?!

* Taxation, immigration changes coming to lure foreign firms to Japan

* Fewer smoking, but lung cancer still on rise

* Ugly Veggie

* Court says firing of ex-sumo wrestlers over marijuana was warranted   

Music

* She's Gonna Find Out, by The Blast

* Sing The Melody, by Melody Chubak

* Give My Love, by The Blast

All courtesy of Garageband.  

Links of Interest

* The Blast website

* Melody Chubak website

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* Heavy snow on the Kanto Plain

* Japundit takeover update - no real news

* Private detective agency helps clients track down old flames

* J-population shrank by record 183,000 in '09

* Woman sues Prada Japan for firing her after she reported inappropriate remarks

* Woman becomes trapped in washing machine

* Gundam Café opens in Akihabara

* Kenzero: New Japanese malware automates blackmail

* Yokota Air Base bands “The Cove”

* College students arrested for staging rescue to woo girl   

Music

* Tracheotomy, Little Thom

* Happy Birthday, Craymo

* Birmingham, by Beth Thornley

All courtesy of Music Alley.

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* Baritone sax?

* Golf with Mr. Pink gives me a pain

* Tiger/Nike parody videos

* Japundit takeover news

* Japan Talk news

* Nikkei restricts links to website

* Man takes flight attendant hostage at Narita airport during deportation

* Record sales at McDonald’s Japan

* Man arrested over woman's 7 million yen bill for host club visit

* 'Stand Up, Japan' - Japan's newest political party

* Top court rules Net providers must release info on users who post defamatory comments

* Another campaign announced against subway molesters

* Right-wingers vow to block 'The Cove' in Japan

* Tokyo to trial electric 'filling stations' to boost green transport * Tsukiji to shut out sightseers for one month 

Music by Beth Thornley

* Wash U Clean

* Still Can't Hide

* Mr. Lovely

All courtesy of Music Alley.

Links of Interest

* South Park, Dolphins and Whales

* Nike/Tiger Woods Parodies

* Beth Thornley website

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

* First show since March 13

* Japundit blog announcement

* I am not sick or dying!

* Japan Talk will continue

* If you want to make a bid, contact japundit@gmail.com

* Japan charges Sea Shepherd trespasser, lawyer calls is a “show trial”

* Uniqlo opens Moscow store

* Japanese cellphone ring tone 'cures hayfever'

* Japan treading lightly over Chinese plans to execute J-drug smugglers

* A W-SHOCK watch?

* J-cops set up force to patrol the net

* 34 security cameras installed in Akihabara

* Crystal meth - invented in Japan 

Music

* Intro segment: Baja Taxi by Brain Bucket (Podsafe Music Network)

* EndingHellbound Glory by Hellbound Glory (Podsafe Music Network)

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store Contact: podcast@japundit.com