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		<title>&#8216;Japan This Week&#8217; Wraps Up January</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, it was a busy start to the year — and we put out a January news wrap-up on &#8220;Japan This Week.&#8221; We also put the audio podcast on hiatus while we figure out what to do with it and so we can focus more on the &#8220;Japan Today Spotlight&#8221; video series. In the episode, [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/japan-this-week-wraps-up-january/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>April 19, 2019: Micro Racism, Trump Sumo Summit, Toilet Bowl Baby, Train in Vain and Poop Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 06:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: A survey of foreigners in Tokyo released this week reports that 50% of respondents have faced discrimination; Donald Trump plans to watch a sumo tournament when visiting Japan in May — and might present the winner’s trophy; a woman was arrested in Saitama Prefecture after giving birth in [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/april-19-2019-micro-racism-trump-sumo-summit-toilet-bowl-baby-train-in-vain-and-poop-museum/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>April 12, 2019: The Defiant One, Foot-in-Mouth Disease, Like a Virgin, Fashion Police and Mango Tango.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn released a video message proclaiming his innocence via his lawyer that he recorded before he was arrested; the minister responsible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has resigned after comments deemed insulting to people in the Tohoku area who suffered after the 2011 earthquake [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/apr-12-2019-the-defiant-one-foot-in-mouth-disease-like-a-virgin-fashion-police-and-mango-tango/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>April 5, 2019: Bail Fail Jail, Autocrat Era, Lost in Translation, Karoshi Cap and Velvet Buzz Cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is back in a Tokyo jail tonight facing new financial misconduct charges; the new era name for Crown Prince Naruhito’s ascension to the throne next month has been announced — and not everyone is happy; after a recent survey, the Japan Tourism Agency [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/april-5-2019-bail-fail-jail-autocrat-era-lost-in-translation-karoshi-cap-and-velvet-buzz-cut/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>March 29, 2019: Emperors New Groove, AWOL University, No Eat’n’Go, Bathroom Cadaver and Hooters Bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: A new era in Japan starts in May — literally — as the country’s current emperor abdicates and his son takes the throne; a university in Tokyo has lost contact with 1,400 of its foreign students; the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is issuing a city-wide ordinance [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/march-29-2019-emperors-new-groove-awol-university-no-eatngo-bathroom-cadaver-and-hooters-bust/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>March 22, 2019: Child Abuse Ban, Family Court Murder, Killer Robots, Election Objection and Invisible Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: The Japanese government approved a plan to legally ban parents and guardians from physically punishing children; an American man was arrested for fatally stabbing his Japanese wife in the neck at family court; Japan plans to back a resolution in the U.N. opposing the creation of “killer robots;” [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/march-22-2019-child-abuse-ban-court-murder-killer-robots-election-objection-and-invisible-man/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>March 15, 2019: Virgin Suicides, Too Far Ghosn, Smugglers Blues, Your Name? and The Flame</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: Two 12-year-old girls jumped to their deaths from a building in Aichi Prefecture leaving behind letters about being bullied; automaker Nissan is asking its shareholders to oust former chairman Carlos Ghosn as director; a Canadian man has been indicted for trying to smuggle a record haul of illegal [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/march-15-2019-virgin-suicides-too-far-ghosn-smugglers-blues-your-name-and-the-flame/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>March 8, 2019: Ghosn Free, Abuse by Pachinko, Too Cool Koike, Yokohama Rocks and Shibuya Tsunami</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Richards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn finally granted bail at ¥9 billion; another case of child abuse this time at the hands of parents who went out to play pachinko; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike faces social backlash after… putting her hands in her pockets?; Yokohama is rated the best city in the [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/march-8-2019-ghosn-free-abuse-by-pachinko-too-cool-koike-yokohama-rocks-and-shibuya-tsunami/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>March 1, 2019: Ace of U.S. Base, Diet Rapist, Bad Mom, Shovel It, Spaced Out and Tom Thumb</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: PM Abe says he won’t scrap the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa even after it was rejected by the people in a referendum; an ruling party lawmaker has resigned from the legislature amid allegations that he raped a woman; an association in Fukushima Prefecture is [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/march-1-2019-ace-of-u-s-base-diet-rapist-bad-mom-shovel-it-spaced-out-and-tom-thumb/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Feb. 22, 2019: Abe Bad Bromance, Kidnap Custody, Ms. Robot, Exposer, Testy Tubes and Audrey Hepburn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="https://jeffwrichards.com/feb-22-2019-abe-bad-bromance-kidnap-custody-ms-robot-exposer-testy-tubes-and-audrey-hepburn/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		
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