* Blogging an earthquake

* Does IreneB have a Japan connection?

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Listener Mail
* Ronaldo "Racum" Ferreira (Brazil): Japan/Latin America connection
* Duncan (Hokkaido): Using Japan Talk in the classroom

* What was it like for IreneB being an R&B artist in Spain?

Japan News Roundup
* Woman stabbed in Hachioji in killer's bid for fame
* J-exports fall for the first time in more than four years
* Consumers like Panasonic best
* Newly rich women in Japan
* J-docs avoiding generic drugs
* Press urged to lighten up on Masako
* Acupuncture improves tuna meat
* Frank talk about beans
* Japan recycling more food waste
* Mutt owner dogged by prankster
* Peace demo slated for Yasukuni
* New protein named for Pikachu
* Pokemon bullet train goes into service
* Japan's 62,000 dying communities
* J-cell cameras designed to thwart pervs
* New defendants "rights" in Japanv
* Paul Simon sues clockmaker
* Man arrested for stealing and wearing women's undies

* What are IreneB's plans for the future?

* Where can people go to find out more about IreneB?

Music - All by IreneB
* Mi Realidad
* Me Dejo Llevar
* Un Nuevo Camino

Links of Interest
* Japan News Junkie

* IreneB on Myspace
* IreneB on YouTube

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:28:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=362629# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=362629#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk118.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/340579482/index.php * Japan News Junkie. . . Please join!

Listener Mail
* Bryan Starchman - Man of Starch
* John Rozewicki - Introducing a new Japanese study podcast
* Imanual Portalatin (Camuyano) - Japan-Latin America connection?
* Melissa Pitsch - weather, marathons, kanji, and garlic
* Camden Basset - Japan-Korea relations

Japan News Roundup
* Korea mad at Japan again
* Eggs and tomatoes thrown at Japanese embassy
* Demonstrators butcher Japan national bird in protest
* Japan-Korea exchange student program suspended
* Japanese condom ads removed from Seoul subways
* Calls for derailing Japanese bid for U.S. Security Council spot
* Taeshima/Dokdo history in a nutshell
* Chinese like Koreans least of all their neighbors
* Nihon University debate club suspended for discrimination
* Toyota trying out ads on new cars
* Commander: Less crime among U.S. forces than general Japanese population
* Japan embraces brain science for English learning
* Cigarettes to 500 yen a pack?
* Pair arrested for selling radioactive cell phone straps
* Shades, makes to be banned at ATMs
* Watermelon good for what's good for you?
* Man sentenced to prison for file sharing
* Man frightened by of Chihuahua kicks it to death
* Contract employee dies of overwork

Music
* Cutting Evil Smile Diablo, by Guitar Vadarã(Japanfiles.com)
* Blind Touch, by Swinging Popsicle (Japanfiles.com)
* Bad, Bad, Bad, by Ketchup Mania (Japanfiles.com)

Links of Interest
* Japanfiles.com

* Japan News Junkie

* Bryan Starchman - Man of Starch
* John Rozewicki - Japan Study Abroad Podcast
* RUNNET - Running in Japan
* Camuyanos Great Adventure

* Takeshima/Dokdo history

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:38:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=360565# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=360565#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk117.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/333566864/index.php * New music source: Japanfiles.com
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Listener Mail
* Replies to Phillip Black on Japundit
* Melissa Pitsch - WWOOF, a great way to experience Japan
* Amanda (Texas) - Rotary student exchange program
* Deadrat - Regrets about not going to Japan

Japan News Roundup
* Toyota to add solar panels to the Prius
* Homeless man sues Tokyo for welfare refusal
* Violence against railway workers hits record
* Government to restrict color contact sales
* Thieves make off with load of flour
* Japanese college girl apologizes for graffiti
* Japan drops plans for iPod tax
* Two in five Japanese have chronic katakori
* Japanese woman fools burglar with tea
* Chicken labeling food scandal
* Duo arrested for fake Korean-Japanese weddings
* Doggone Olympics
* Court upholds execution Shimonoseki car/knife killer
* Osaka is Japan's sexual assault capital

Music
* Video Killed the Radio Star, by ROCKET Kã(Japanfiles.com)
* Forgive Me Now, by IreneB (Podsafe Music Network)
* Fake It, by Brad Sucks

Links of Interest
* Japanfiles.com
* Japanfiles on MySpace
* JapanFiles Radio
* JapanFiles Last FM

* World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
* Rotary Club Youth Exchange Student Program

* Brad Sucks website
* Brad Sucks video project

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:06:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=358150# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=358150#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk116.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/327443476/index.php * G-8 Summit coming to Japan this week
* Gaijin House Japan
* Featured artist: Kayoko Takamichi

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Listener Mail
* Jorge: Saludo desde MÃxico
* Sam McKoon: Learning katakana and hiragana
* Jordan Cassady: Weather north of Tokyo
* Phillip Black: Wants to come to Japan

Japan News Roundup
* Rinko Kikuchi on being Japanese in Hollywood
* Aiful to sue Lehmen for bad assessment?
* Ramen noodles are a'changing
* J-embassies told to economize
* Megumi Yokota book to be published in English

* Cops tried to cover liability in suspect immolation
* Another food scandal
* Train crew rapist charged
* Group defrauds woman of 4.5 million yen
* Child porn sites ignoring watchdog group

Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Open Your Eyes, by Kayoko Takamichi
* Wakatta Tsumori, by Kayoko Takamichi

Links of Interest * Gaijin House Japan

* Kayoko Takamichi on MySpace

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:31:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=355916# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=355916#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk115.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/322614187/index.php * A day late
* Featured artist: Kayoko Takamichi

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Listener Mail
* Pete Bohan: Diabetes in Japan
* Nate: Japan relations with Korea and China
* Amanda in Texas: I like the music!

Japan News Roundup
* No disclosure on Nork nukes?
* 963 apply to become astronauts
* Space weddings coming soon
* Night

* Ninja sighting closes New Jersey school
* Ambulances used as taxis in Japan
* No Fishing Day. . . But who cares?
* Emergency butter imports planned
* More foliage whacked
* Photos fool vending machine age verification system
* Man arrested for dogging convenience stores
* Local school district refuses government tests
* Japanese tops as tourists
* Japanese tourists from hell

Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Haru, by Kayoko Takamichi
* Night, by Kayoko Takamichi

Links of Interest
* Japan Diabetes Society

* Kayoko Takamichi on MySpace

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:21:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=353999# Japan, Asia Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! News about Japan Clean Edward ChmuraA look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=353999#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk114.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/316901818/index.php * The rainy season cometh
* Heavy rains in Kyushu

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Listener Mail
* Itobun: It's Miyagi no Mie!
* Zichi Lorentz: Head of household on a koseki
* Yesterday 87: Listening to Japan Talk while working security
* Riyu: Border customs question answered

Japan News Roundup
* Tsutomu Miyazaki executed
* Sanrio (Hello Kitty) to create a new character series
* World facing third oil shock?
* Japan to target 10% foreign population
* WWII bomber crews honored!?!
* Police arrest Greenpeace members

* Japan to force citizens to slim down (Good luck!)
* TV Asahi warned over false weight loss claims
* Government to press for higher minimum wage
* Homeless man arrested for robbing ramen shops of food
* Woman dies after hospital pumps food into lung
* Clean diesels on the horizon
* Fisheries co-op accused of false labeling of eels
* Baseball support group sues Japan Pro baseball
* Record number of elderly suicides
* Fansubbers to be targeted by Japanese rights organizations
* Government worker blames groping on "sexual arousal"

Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Love Survives, by Love Spirals
* Mad Cult, by The Volume Brothers

Links of Interest
* Tsutomu Miyazaki
* Border check discussion on JAPUNDIT

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:51:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=351612# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=351612#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk113.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/311970425/index.php * Major earthquake rocks Tohoku, Tokyo

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Listener Mail
* Riyuu: Border customs questions
* Kayako Takamichi: Greetings again from Cat In The Rain
* Yesterday87 (Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.): Japanese Family Registry (koseki)

Japan News Roundup
*Akihabara Massacre
* North Korean and Japanese stances softening?
* Japanese companies raided for trading with North Korea
* Tokyo Sky Tree

* Korean Supreme Court upholds right nipple pinching by military
* Lawmakers call for tripling of ciggie tax
* Hospital apologizes for operating on wrong eye
* Thief caught when he tries to cash in a hot lotto ticket
* Woman sues over repatriation to North Korea from Japan
* Cosplay event canceled when oldster complains
* Man arrested for staying in restaurant for 3 days without paying
* Judge charged with stalking co-worker
* Teacher slapped on the wrist for 20-year pedo spree

Music (Podsafe Music Network)
* Vegas Hard Rock, by Charlie Crowe
* Love Survives, by Love Spirals
* Drinking For England, by The Volume Brothers

Links of Interest
* Japanese family register system (koseki)
* Kayoko Takamichi on MySpace

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

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Listener Mail
* Geoff Robbins (LA): Correction about Garageband music
* Michael: Did you hear the one about the parrot?
* Chad Walker: Greetings from Running Chad
* Paul Christopherson: Pubic hair in Japan
* David Boyle: News about Big Dreams In Little Tokyo
* Weiser Cain: Some comments about Japan Talk
* Kenneth Kiser: New listener
* Amanda B: I love Bart!

Japan News Roundup
* Olympic swimsuit row
* Slacks catching on among high school girls
* Japan cracking down on spam
* Minors illegally hired for hazardous nuclear work
* The saga of No. 57
* Obama thrilled over Obama victory

* Panties for Peace
* Police sued by apartment owner for loss of business
* Provision of Nationality Law declared unconstitutional
* 366 parking violations in six months
* Japan mulling intro of carbon footprint labels
* Figure skating coach arrested for rape
* Tumor turns out to be 25-year-old towel
* Woman found hanged inside airliner toilet
* Man arrested for shooting girls with water pistol
* Naked bandit nabbed

Music (MF247)
* Burlingame, by Ken Sato
* Bruges, by Ken Sato
* Red Bazooka, by EEE

Links of Interest
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* WHIT mention of Japan Talk
* jindies.com
* Shut Me Up (Mindless Self Indulgence)
* Going to Japan? Read this!
* Parrot Story
* Running Chad
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo website
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo on Amazon
* Big Dreams Little Tokyo video clip
* Tiger Industry Films

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:51:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=347412# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=347412#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk111.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/292384961/index.php * All blues tunes

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Listener Mail
* Momo-J (Japan): Thanks for playing my music!
* Tadashi (Japan): Using Japan Talk to study English
* Overoften (Japan): Spooky Japan Talk experience
* Peter Grant (Canada): Running in Japan
* Dr. Kenney (California): Japanese teeth
* Hulagirl: Japan Talk (and Bart) rocks!

Japan News Roundup
* Marine gets to four years for Okinawa abduction
* U.S. providing sex offender list to other countries
* Whaling crewmembers accused of blubber misuse
* New car system to control your house
* Motorcyclist feeling the pressure in urban areas
* Newlyweds live at ball park for a month

* More flower vandalism
* Bird-killing junior high schoolers nabbed
* Farmer demands right to drink and drive
* Man acquitted for train grope due to lack of evidence
* 95% of 5th graders own game consoles
* Cops give kerosene drenched man smokes and a lighter
* Opium poppies discovered at flower festival
* Man throws glue in girl's face
* Kiss of death
* Nudity crackdown on the way?
* "Hookup cafe" report

Music
* Don't You Tell Me by Saffire
* Stop Watching Your Enemies by Koko Taylor
* Ain't Seen My Baby by Cephas and Wiggins

Links of Interest
* The Marmot's Hole
* Momo-J
* Japan Dental Association

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

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Listener Mail
* John Griesser (Austria): Big fan of Japanese music
* Ramon (Switzerland): Japanese baseball (You Gotta Have Wa)
* Peter Grant (Canada): Knowing Japan from Canada
* Courtleigh Duquesne Cannick: Japan Talk appreciated

Japan News Roundup
* J-gas tax still in the news
* Japanese X-ray technicians at U.S. base not licensed
* Number of J-kids still shrinking
* Bicycle hit-and-run woman arrested

* China snubs Koizumi again
* Burglar cleans our adult film firm
* The high price of rice in Japan
* Yokohama college profs selling degrees?
* High school teacher arrested for in-class up-skirts
* Women make money with peep shots

Music
* Pilgrimage by Momo-J (Podsafe Music Network)
* Diana by Kirk King and the Solar Majors (Garageband)
* Shut Me Up by Bankey (Garageband)

Links of Interest
* Robert Whiting
* Chrysanthemum And The Bat
* You Gotta Have Wa
* The Samurai Way of Baseball

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 10 May 2008 08:20:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=337756# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=337756#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk109.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/283201339/index.php * Golden Week in Japan
* All comedy/novelty tunes this week

Listener Mail
* Cat In The Rain: Keep up the good show
* Keep up the great show, Mr. JP! I'm your big fan in Japan.
* David Penner: Thanks for podcast
* David Powell: Don't forget Monkey Majik
* David Appelyard: Evidence?
* Kevin: What about Japanese health insurance system?

Japan News Roundup
* Gasoline prices back up in Japan
* Truck driver arrested for stealing fuel
* Fight break out in gas lines
* Aomori University: Coffee may help prevent uterine cancer
* Robert De Niro to expand into Japanese-style hotels

* Japanese whisky crowned best in the world
* Chinese snub ex-PM Koizumi with Olympic invites
* Japanese companies poorly organized
* Where's the butter in Japan?
* Court awards damages for man who worked self into a coma
* Man arrested for holding ex-girlfriend hostage
* Man arrested for assaulting flowers
* City worker fired for viewing porn on the job
* Japan to give preferential visa treatment for language knowledge
* Banker wanted to be a weirdo... succeeds... arrested

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Everything Is Dangerous by Tom Smith
* Box Of Wine by The Clintons
* Spam by Sudden Death

Links of Interest
* Sendai
* Golden Week
* Monkey Majik
* BackpackingAbroad.com
* Frontline on healthcare

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sun, 4 May 2008 09:14:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=335571# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=335571#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk108.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/278197469/index.php * Chris Juergenson - Featured artist of the week

Listener Mail
* Jordan Cassady: Historicast
* Jesse: Thanks for the podcast
* JAPUNDIT: Going to Japan?

Japan News Roundup
* U.S. military to press charges against Okinawa Marine
* Gas tax to return
* Miso paste made to Bach
* Greenpeace to target tuna fishers
* JASRAC raided by Japanese FTC

* Most Japanese against lowering age of adulthood
* Woman throws dead mother into trash heap
* Man sues company for "power harassment"
* Man arrested for 8,000 phone calls to ex-girlfriend
* Company president arrested for stripping on train
* The latest suicide fad in Japan

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Love Dog by Chris Juergensen
* Long Time Wondering by Chris Juergensen
* Some Sympathy by Chris Juergensen

Links of Interest
* Chris Juergenson
* Sendai
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Hikaru Utada
* Joey Carbone
* Akiko Wada
* SMAP
* Koyanagi Yuki
* Lindberg
* Historicast
* Going to Japan? Read this!
* JASRAC

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:20:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=332914# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=332914#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk107.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/273606017/index.php * Back after an unscheduled day

Listener Mail
* Josh Keller: Fukudome playing for the Cubs
* Geoff Robbins: Interested in visiting Japan
* Gino Rodrigo: Traveling to Japan for the first time

Japan News Roundup
* Nagano to increase Olympic torch security
* Temple thinking of dropping out of Olympic festivities
* RR companies see no need for men-only cars
* Dairy products increase prostate cancer risk
* Glaucoma sufferers in Japan continue to drive
* Rules set for citizen-judges

* Overseas firms best for women in Japan
* Top J-court rules public videos, garbage admissible
* MJ seed possession legal in Japan
* JAL pleads guilty to price fixing in the U.S.
* Toho sues Subway over for Godzilla
* Police advertise to find owner of illegal gun
* Illegal firearm rewards to be offered by J-cops
* Self-service gas stations targeted by thieves
* Trucker offers to fix sabotaged cars for sex
* 3 teen girls arrested for assaulting policemen
* Sexual harassment hotline for women started in Japan
* Infant dies in car as mom plays pachinko

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* The Spirit by Chris Juergensen
* Drifting by Karmyn Tyler
* Round The Bend by Adrina Thorpe

Links of Interest
* Gino Rodrigo
* Kosuke Fukudome
* Nikko

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Listener Mail
* Eric Gauvin: This is a spider roll
* David Appleyard: The high price of disposing of garbage in Japan
* Kyle: Why are there sub-windows during Japanese TV shows?
* Daneeta Loretta Saft: Thanks from Tokyo Cowboys
* Joe: Joe In Japan is now in Japan
* Mark Robinson: Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook

Japan News Roundup
* The continuing saga of Japan's road taxes
* Giants' Uehara qualifies for free agency
* U.S. companies most female-friendly in Japan
* New law requires backseat seatbelt use
* 10 million yen found in discarded pot

* Japan corporate confidence at lowest level in 4 years
* Toyota accused of using gov't money to develop Prius
* Platform barriers to go up on Tokyo's Yamanote Line
* Lindsay Hawker's killer hiding in Ikebukuro?
* Sony BMG accused of software piracy
* Court say Japanese military forced Okinawa suicides
* Doctor pays phony patients to scam insurance system

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Wake Up by Timothy Harada
* Song Of Triumph by Timothy Harada
* Good Bye by Timothy Harada

Links of Interest
* Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook
* Utsunomiya
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Kairoworld
* Joe In Japan
* Lindsay Hawker story

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sun, 6 Apr 2008 03:49:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=325385# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=325385#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk105.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/260297787/index.php * Why Obama is leading
* Japundit contributor Marie Mockett's new book

Listener Mail
* The VICE Guide to North Korea
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Kyle - Cleanliness in Japan
* Kyle - How are foreigners treated?
* Alfonso Ponce - Japan-Mexico Free Trade Agreement
* D - How is Japanese baseball different from U.S. baseball?

Japan News Roundup
* Man kills in hopes of being executed
* Teen shoves man in front of train
* Cellphone rage kills

* Chinese government crackdown on online maps
* Crows black out part of Sapporo
* Burqua promoted for pollen allergy relief
* High-tech gravestones
* The Dignity of a Woman
* Police captain arrested in attempted to rape
* Nissan to nix Richard Gere commercial
* Prince Hotels in hot water for rejecting teacher confab

Music
All from the Podsafe Music Network
* Sweet As Sin by Ruby James
* With You, With Me by Timothy Harada
* Emily Has Compassion Fatigue by 3 Blind Mice

Links of Interest
* VICE Guide to North Korea
* Tokyo Cowboys
* Marie Mockett
* Kairoworld
* Chrysanthemum And The Bat
* You Gotta Have Wa

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

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Listener Mail
* LT Dan Norton - Thanks for Japan news
* Billy - Chikan experience

Japan News Roundup
* McDonald's Japan wants to make you a star!
* Another vendor to take a shot at red hots
* Gangster apologizes for shooting wrong man
* Yokohama unleashes manners patrol
* The boomerang does come back in space
* Legal news from Japan

* Japan condemns roo cull as hypocrisy
* Single households the majority
* More than half of Japanese use mobiles in bath
* Woman reaches settlement with temple over "purification"
* Cinema drops plans to screen Yasukuni movie
* Chiba cop copies porn evidence for personal use
* Police enticing elderly to surrender driver's licenses
* University professor demands sex for doctorate
* Teacher accused of abusing disabled student
* Man arrested for stripping schoolgirl of underpants

Music
* Mr. Lovely by Beth Thornley (Podsafe Music Network)
* Forest In The Morning by Fumitaka Anzai (Podsafe Music Network)
* Maybe I'm Amazed by Blake Morgan (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* Len Cullum
* Larry Simon
* Shoji story on Japundit
* Billy's Blog
* Billy's chikan adventure

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

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Listener Mail
* Nick Ramsay - Japan Soc pronounced as Japan "sock"
* Mike Hutson - Congratulations on #100
* Mark Meyers - Japanese food overseas
* Jessica - Greetings from new listener
* Kaori Umeda - Greetings, and thanks for remembering

Japan News Roundup
* Charles Jenkins: The Reluctant Communist
* Mark Geragos representing Kazuyoshi Miura
* Miura's blog leads to his arrest
* Japan defense official: Nation will go on alert over Taiwan
* Cartoon cat Doraemon appointed ambassador

* Woman prevails in suit against yakuza. . . Kind of
* Greenpeace claiming to be effective
* German activist denied entry to Hokkaido port
* Man dies of heart attack trying to rescue another man
* Junior high school girls arrested
* Light sentence expected in murder of American
* UNICEF: Japan not doing enough against child porn
* Good Samaritan arrested for robbing elderly women
* U.S. govt: Japan's courts serve accusers
* Couple try to scam man for on-train groping incident

Music
* I Can't Settle Down by The Gordons (Podsafe Music Network)
* Birmingham by Beth Thornley (Podsafe Music Network)
* Spotted Mule by Michael Gaither (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* JapanSoc (Japan Social Bookmarking)
* Charles Jenkins
* The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
* Doraemon

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* JapanSoc Japan Social Bookmarking site

Listener Mail
* Ruisu - Congratulations on 100th
* Dave Keyes - Congratulations on 100th
* David - Congratulations on 100th
* Zichi Lorenz - Japan's first English teacher
* Sasha - More about the movie "Nobody Knows"
* David - Origins of the Japanese
* Noriko - Okinawa Marine rape case
* Kanon - Okinawa Marine rape case

Japan News Roundup
* Woman hate farding on trains, but do it anyway
* Researching finding ways to deliver drugs thru food
* Yakuza paid to empty building of tenants
* KONISHIKI under the knife for gastric bypass
* Council proposes stricter stance against tobacco
* Embassies in London refuse to pay for congestion
* Armed panty robber claims innocence by indecency

Music
* Stress by Jim's Big Ego (Podsafe Music Network)
* Talk, Talk, Talk by Cheryl B. Engelhardt (Podsafe Music Network)
* You're An A**h**e by Jim's Big Ego (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* JapanSoc (Japan Social Bookmarking)
* Nobody Knows
* Ruisu
* Zichi Lorentz
* Origins of the Japanese
* Ranald MacDonald
* Ainu

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Listener Mail
* Brian Starchman - Nobody Knows
* Kelton - Spider rolls
* Keisuke - Disappointed with lack of news last week
* Victor - New listener
* Alfonso Ponce - Saludos from Mexico
* Zichi Lorentz - Keep it up

Japan News Roundup
* Rape charges against Okinawa Marine dropped
* Chinese deny culpability for tainted dumplings
* Kiyoshi Miura. . . Nabbed in Saipan
* Japan mulls exempting foreign students from airport fingerprinting
* Rainboner Bridge
* Low cholesterol bad for you?
* MacAir. . . Insides full of waste?

* Strange Japanese mating rituals
* Surgeon attacks nurse
* Teacher sends 170 emails to student
* Tips on impressing the opposite sex
* Japan's first English teacher
* Electric bike, only for the rich
* Slowhand to Pyongyang?
* Teen girl grabs groper
* Ichiro Suzuki set to break multiple records
* It's my hobby
* Nissan Navara unsafe?
* Tokyo Koto Ward's green brainwashing scheme
* Police arrest serial foot fetishist

Music
* Sick As A Dog by Brad Sucks (Podsafe Music Network)
* Hey Love by Three Legged Dog (Podsafe Music Network)
* Who Dogs the Outlet by George Hrab (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* Nobody Knows
* Kameda Family
* Ranald MacDonald
* Ainu

* Philly roll
* Spider rolls

* Kelton
* Zichi Lorentz
* J-LIST

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:22:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=312598# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=312598#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk100.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/240010483/index.php * Japan Talk with Jim Street
* Recorded in Fukuoka, Japan on January 27, 2008

Music
* Baja Taxi by Brain Buckit, from Podsafe Music Network

Links of Interest
* Dejima
* Hakata
* Nagasaki
* Jonan-ku
* Kakure Christian
* Daikon oroshi
* Natto

* Marmot's Hole

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Japan Talk listed in podcast.com
* Joe In Japan likes Japan Talk

Listener Mail
* David Penner - ESL University teachers
* Jordan Cassady - Hole-in-one insurance
* Nadar M - Groping really that serious in Japan?
* Eric Gauvin - Japanese food abroad

Japan News Roundup
* Only 10 confirmed poisoned by tainted Chinese gyoza dumplings
* Suicide squad a deemed a success
* Japan debates lowering adulthood age to 18
* Oldster arrested for DIY RR crossing
* Tochigi farmers ordered to pay Chinese "trainees"

* Blue uniform does not guarantee victory
* Forgotten gauze kills woman 12 years later
* Ruling expected in grisly malpractice suit
* Man sends 30,000 hate mails to former employer
* Tokyo parks going to pot
* Man busted for burled Buddhas
* Man arrested for porn dump

Music
* Booty Voodoo by Lee Coulter (Podsafe Music Network)
* Baja Taxi by Brain Buckit (Podsafe Music Network)
* Kolysanka by 3 Blind Mice (Podsafe Music Network)
* Another Day by Ruby James (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* Podcast.com
* Joe In Japan
* Toshi Restaurant

* Lee Coulter
* Brain Buckit
* 3 Blind Mice
* Ruby James

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:18:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=307913# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=307913#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk098.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/232271514/index.php * Heavy snow warnings for Kanto
* JAPUNDIT hacked
* Warned of security problem one week before
* Updated to Word Press 2.3.3
* Lots of Japan news

Listener Mail
* Sam - Staying in touch with Japan through Japan Talk
* John Paul - Thanks for a Wednesday podcast
* Naughty Ferret - Sushi in L.A.
* Vin Alsace - Kudos for Overoften interview

Japan News Roundup
* Shinjuku still #1 among tourists
* A new slant on eye surgery fashion
* Japan's oldest Olympian
* Long-term visa to go to three years from five
* Hair restorer settles over barren bald spot
* Raining junk in Fukuoka
* Man beats woman over bus seat
* Codger clobbers conductor

* McDonald's strikes midnight gold
* New Osaka governor declares financial emergency
* Obama for Obama
* Sonny Chiba in TV station punch up
* Guide dog group sues trucker over dog death
* Curiosity sacks the subway worker
* Stress. . . A real pain in the butt

Music
* Higher by The Sushi Cabaret Club (by permission)
* After School by Cutie Pai (MF247)
* Maruki Bune by Nozomi Miyatake (Podsafe Music Network)

Links of Interest
* LongCountdown.com

* The Sushi Cabaret Club on MySpace

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com ]]> podcasts Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:49:00 GMT http://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=305386# Japan - a whole lot more than raw fish! No Edward ChmuraJapan - A whole lot more than raw fish!A look at the fun and funny news of Japan and Asia! podcastshttp://japantalk.org/index.php?post_id=305386#http://media.libsyn.com/media/japunditpodcast/JapanTalk097.mp3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JapunditPodcast/~3/230205909/index.php * Japan Talk with Jon "overoften" Climpson
* Recorded in Kumamoto, Japan on January 27, 2008

* Why he came to Japan
* How he met his wife
* What he is doing here
* London Net
* About learning Japanese
* Any anti-foreigner discrimination or non-acceptance?
* Any downside to living in Kumamoto?
* Is Jon in it for the duration?

Music
* Weaving Song by Akino, from MF247

Links of Interest
* London Net

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Listener Mail
* Camden Basset: Asks about thinking in Japanese
* Camden Basset: Provides information about podcasting basics
* Kevin Glenz: Asks about handling overenthusiastic translation clients

Japan News Roundup
* Big story of the week: Poison gyoza from China
* Japan starts global cuisine certification
* Teen heartthrob for matrons turns golf pro
* The truth about arranged marriages in Japan
* Insecticide found in hospital IV
* Japanese doctors fearful of publishing
* Man runs down woman to rob her
* Man fakes road accident, attacks woman who tries to help him
* U.S. jurors mock Japanese-Canadian lawyer in court - judge voids verdict
* Lonely man calls directory assistance. . . 10,000 times!!
* Teacher robs boys of their underpants

Music
All of the following songs are by Salme Dahlstrom.
* NEW RELEASE: Superstar Car Crash
* Shine
* Hello California

Links of Interest
* JapanPodcasters.com
* Bicycle Sidewalk

* Salme Dahlstrom Official Website
* Salme Dahlstrom on Garageband

* Podcasting For Dummies - the book
* Podcasting For Dummies - the podcast

* What Japan Thinks (About Chinese Products)

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

User Mail
* Japanese in Peru
* Awareness of Alberto Fujimori in Japan
* Japanese chocolate
* Thoughts on starting a vidcast
* Special show on podcast mechanics coming?

Japan News Roundup
* Japan facing shortage of adults
* 3D security camera system planned for Tokyo
* Terminal chimp
* Airlines to outsource crews
* Fight for the right to beat your wife

* Beijing Olympians to train in Japan
* Police cracking down on smut crimes
* To starve and reject
* 200 hospitals drop emergency facilities
* Be molested, lose weight?
* Japan - the world's largest urban mine
* Serial rapist shown mercy

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Shiro Kumo Aosora by Plastic Soul Band
MF247
* Daylight65 by Portfolio
* Haru wa Basha ni Notte by Portfolio

Links of Interest
* JapanPodcasters.com

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

User Mail
* Speaking English to foreigners
* Bicycle bells and pedestrians
* Origami
* Japanese exports
* Memoirs of a long life in Japan

* New Year shrine turnout highest in 35 years
* Net TV on the way
* Smoking banned in Tokyo cabs
* Japan cops get see-thru-wall radar
* Tokyo aid targets net cafe refugees
* Japanese vehicle sales worst in 35 years

* Mike Honda in Tokyo
* Warm pork chops and cold crabs
* Man dumps accident victim in hospital parking lot
* Hokkaido teacher get Morality Manual
* Teacher slaps all students in class
* Man 57 arrested for sending nudes to girl 23

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Clay Waltz by Koharu
* Sayonara by Chiemi Jones
* Settle Down by Cabin Dogs

Links of Interest
* JapanPodcasters.com
* JAPUNDIT post about Koharu
* Koharu's Japanese website

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Choke and croak 2008
* Japan effectively outlaws using foreigners as slaves
* The downside of learning Japanese
* Growing old in Japan not a good idea
* Accident victim refused by hospitals dies
* Japan's confusing energy policy
* Police want to ban cell phone use by bicycle riders
* Man arrested for discarding kids' undies linked by DNA to murder

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Big In Japan by Supergene
* Girls Do It Better by The Sumo Sisters
MF247
* Weaving Song by Akino

Links of Interest
* JapanPodcasters.com
* Chinese zodiac

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Listener Feedback

* Farm Minister defends research whaling
* Science Minister says UFOs are fun
* Green tea cuts prostrate cancer risk
* Handle keeper

* Ministries say Japan can meet Kyoto targets
* Japan to ban incandescent lightbulbs
* Go to bed, save the Earth
* Teen wars over Internet posts
* Acquitted rapist sues for 126 million yen
* Police lock the barn after the horse is long gone
* Oceans 13 inspires teen crime spree
* Assigning mad cow blame
* Osaka tops in purse snatching for 32nd consecutive year
* Nanjing Massacre. . . Fact or fiction?

* See you next year (January 5)!

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Man, It's Christmas by Jimmy Bratcher
* Christmas Sweeter Than Wine by Heth and Jed
* Another Silent Night by Douglas Spotted Eagle

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

* (In?) Justice finally done
* Consumption tax set to rise
* Gibson develops self-tuning guitar
* Toyota develops violin-playing robot
* Ishihara's Franco flub suit dismissed

* Nagging works!
* Tokyo man stabbed by "Spiderman"
* Teacher loses job for skirt lifting
* 13-year-old tries to kill dad with bat
* Crime on the decline
* Shootings on the rise
* Most popular baby names in Japan
* Tired of playing the victim
* 71-year-old bus driver arrested for molesting primary schooler

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Christmas Here On Mars by Bubble
* Country Road ChristmasTime by Craig Cradiff
* Christmas in Malibu by The Rad Dudes

Links of Interest
* Ruisu

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Culture Shock: The Japan Discovery Challenge

* Japan to regulate the Internet
* Japan getting safer
* Woman casts pearls before bureaucratic swine
* 10 percent in Japan 75 years old or older
* Milk Seafood Cup Noodle
* Whale curry box lunches available in Tokyo
* Japan's dumbest business practices

* One man's buffalo chips are another man's treasure
* South Korea, Taiwan wanted nukes left in Okinawa
* Third time not a charm for unlucky robber
* Splish-splash
* Hospital dumps blind patient in a park
* Quasi-indecent assault
* Primary school teacher arrested for soliciting 13-year-old
* Gas bandits strike fire engines
* Firefighter arrested for arson
* Popular slapping cop indicted
* Inter-generational trouble on the train
* Kitty porn caper: Stranger than fiction

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* The Christmas Season by Sudden Death
* Another Silent Night by Douglas Spotted Eagle
* Christmas in Hawaii by The Hot Rods

Links of Interest
* Culture Shock: The Japan Discover Challenge
* Milk Seafood Cup Noodle
* What Japan Thinks

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* 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

* Japan to remain ugly?
* Japanese sleep habits
* Will higher fines stop gangsters f