* Big week for festivals at Japundit
* New look at kamikaze fighters
* North Korea missile test aftermath
* China accuses Japan of "over-reacting"
* South Korea accuses Japan of trouble making
* Japanese company markets personal satellites
* U.S. set for J-pop invasion?
* How to eat sushi (another perspective)
* How to drink coffee by John Updike
* Shizuoka city bans smoking on the street
* Fujitsu accused of working employee to death
* Yokohama drops tax breaks for pro-Pyongyang group
* Krispy Kreme coming to Tokyo
* Con men get guys to pay to be paid to date women!?!
* Crapman busted!

Listener feedback

Japundit Contributors:　
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, Harvey, in Osaka, Tubbypaws in the U.K., ghoti in Fukuoka, Chef Jo in Tottori, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Make Me A Kinder Man, The Gousters
* Where's My Love, Caroline

Links of Interest:
* Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
* The Marmot's Hole
* Golf Dreams, John Updike

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Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Japundit forums closed
* T-shirt giveaway/Bart survey results

* Unchi and beauty
* Pampered pooches
* Smell-0-vision comes to Japan
* David Weber climbs the Great Pyramid
* California library bans Manga reference
* Mitsubishi Motors ducks punitive damages
* Tamagotchi are back!
* Doctor Fish in Hakone
* Japanese TV cleans up its act, no one watches
* Japan moving to copyright wagyu

* Listener feedback

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Stress by Jim's Big Ego
* Sparkling Woman by Daiki and Little Wings
* Kaiprinya No Moto by Tsukiakari Yonin Gumi

* Caiprinya receipe!

Special Thanks:
* Tokyo Dan, What's Happening In Tokyo
* Shay, Sparkplugged

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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Musical genre does not matter.

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