* Thanksgiving in Japan
* Pizza Toppings
* Sushi Police
* McDonalds patents its sandwiches

* Michelle Wie

* Japanese economy: Name that boom
* Reverse graft?
* 3 million yen found among garbage
* Chinese student makes millions selling virtual weapons
* Expert warns against income disparities
* Japanese youth the most miserable in the world

* Testicular assault (U.S.)
* Caterpillar to move HQ to Beijing
* Lawsuit, American style
* Washlet syndrome

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Peace, by In-sist
* Kuseni, by EEE (Triple E)
* Do They Have E-mail In Heaven, by Jim Terr

Links of Interest
* What Japan Thinks
* Tarako
* Michelle Wie
* Let's Narrate
* Podsafe Music Network
* J-LIST
* Japundit

Plastic Soul Band Music available here:
* iTunes
* CD Baby
* Podsafe Music Network

Japanese Terms Used
* pasa-pasa: dry
* tarako: code roe
* washlet: water spout in high-tech toilet
* kuseni: and yet

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Baseball with the gals
* Japan Forum
* Retired husband syndrome
* New divorce law in Japan

* Thailand: Panda porn plan
* Learn from Lei Feng (China)
* Toyoda under fire (South Korea)
* Norkstock? (North Korea)
* Government considering term limits
* The Ishihara cedar chop
* Spend Christmas in Tokyo with the King of Ped

* 27 students send letters to government threatening suicide
* Parents hiring gumshoes to detect school bullying
* Students build record-busting paper airplane
* Train leaves station without conductor
* Magicians arrested for defacing currency
* Persistent sexual arousal syndrome in Japan

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Love Dog, by Chris Juergensen
* Jelly Beans, by EEE (Triple E)
MF247
* Ashita, by Chiemi Jones

Links of Interest
* Darvish Watch
* Taiwanese cheergirl video
* North Korea Rock Festival
* Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS)

* Japan Forum
* MF247
* Podsafe Music Network
* J-LIST
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* iku: to cum (lit. to go)
* byou: short for byouki, meaning sickness or disease
* ashita: tomorrow

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* A bit of a cold (Be ready to duck!)
* Be sure to change your Japan Talk feed to feeds.feedburner.com/japunditpodcast
* No need to do anything if you are subscribed through iTunes

* Hollywood stars threaten Japander
* Pixelgirl
* Drop that microphone and put up your hands!
* Japanese indie musicians: Please make your music podsafe!!
* Kidney transplant trickery
* Luxury toilet in Akihabara
* Waterless toilet
* China arrests huggers
* 62% of Japan coeds not virgins
* Podderbation
* The most popular delivery food in Japan is...

* Car bursts into flames
* North Korea: Next source of cheap labor?
* Copper disappearing in Hokkaido
* No shopping bag bra
* Baby abandonment service started
* Primary school students extort 100,000 yen from classmates
* Man throws urine on woman's car
* Scorned woman climbs 10-meter pole

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* L.T.M., by Alan Smithy Band
* Kinen, by Stun Notes
Podsafe Music Network
* Lonesome Hearted Women's Blues, by Plastic Soul Band

Links of Interest
* Ed's Mixed Bag
* Let's Narrate
* Pixelgirl
* Yokie from Muskogee
* Japander
* Nikko
* Winney
* Triumph International theme underwear
* MF247
* J-LIST
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* kinen: anniversary

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Back from Kyushu
* Big thanks to the Japundit crew
* MyBobby Burger moment
* Pixelgirl
* Japan talk on Ed's Mixed Bag

* Review: Sex Secrets of an American Geisha

* Canned coffee
* Japanese economy
* Sayonara Shinjo
* Mr. Roboto
* Whale meat
* Female pachinko market
* Don't eat the toads
* Your tax dollars at work. . . Not!
* School to test chopstick etiquette
* The beef is back
* Beef bowl yokozuna
* Sunshine or Stockholm?
* Japans mobile phone companies at war
* Fertility notification by phone
* Cops stick it to body piercer
* Rabbits on the moon
* Maid hunting
* Priests for hire
* Video makes teachers, students sick
* Railway worker arrested for on-train molestation

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Shiroi Kumo To Aoisora, by Plastic Soul Band
* Hallelujah, by EEE

Links of Interest
* Pixelgirl
* Ed's Mixed Bag
* J-LIST
* Beef bowl yokozuna T-shirt
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* shiroi kumo: white clouds
* aoi sora: blue sky
* gyuu-don: beef bowl
* yokozuna: sumo grand champion
* usagi: rabbit
* otaku: geek

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Back after a missing week
* Going to Kyushu next week
* Danny Bloom's Hiragana Song

* North Korea in the news
* South Korea condom sales on the rise
* Misconceptions about Japanese diet
* Infect MP3 players given away by McDonald's Japan
* Goodwill pizzas irk tax authorities
* Kidneys? What kidneys?
* Grandma gives birth to grandchild
* Garbage bag hag
* Genghis Khan's DNA dynasty
* Karaoke Culture Day
* Billions slated to go up in smoke
* Paris syndrome
* One-grain sushi
* Coffee, tea, or Kitty?
* Comic book about soap
* Iceland to sell whale meat to Japan?
* Golfer hits student and runs
* City official works 8 days in 5 years
* Shoe thief
* Teacher arrested for breaking into student's home
* American prof arrested for stalking

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alex Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* Seishun Maggie, by The Alan Smithy Band
* Letter, by Essence
Podsafe Music Network
* Space Rocks Keep Falling On My Head , by Away With The Fairys

Listener Feedback
* Emmett J. Cat
* Len Cullum

Links of Interest
* Hiragana Song
* Danny Bloom on NPR
* McDonald's Announcement (Japanese)
* Len Cullum, Japanese wordworker
* Podsafe Music Network
* MF247
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* shabondama: soap bubble

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

Due to a sudden influx of real-world work, this week's edition of Japan Talk is all music.

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Love Attraction, by EEE (Triple E)
* Bura Bura, by Rika Shinohara

Garageband
* She's Gonna Scream, by The Blast
Note: The Blast is misidentified in the podcast as being from the Podsafe Music Network. Apologies to Garageband!

Other Great Podcasts
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Ed's Mixed Bag

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Apologies for last week's levels

* Megumi Yokota's Birthday (42)
* "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story"
* Forced Abortions routine in North Korea
* Bring in the clones
* Lucie Blackman's father paid blood money?

* Do you have to be crazy to work in a Japanese Company?
* When you drink, don't drive
* Passenger faces charges for drunk driver's crash
* Salaryman pit stop
* NOVA commercial insulting to Japanese?

* Terry Collins to manage the Buffaloes?
* Napster hits Japan
* Raunchy SNS in Japan on the rise
* Divorce Japanese style
* Reciting pi a piece of cake
* Meet Pandapple
* Beware of the exploding Kitty!

* Tastier beef? Or a load of bull?
* Shark takoyaki?!?
* Scarlet cars make vandals see red
* Giving them the finger
* Family found dead with nails in their heads
* The sweet smell of stress relief

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Kaishin in Casablanca, Alexander Pappas in Ottawa and Tokyo, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Harvey in Yokohama, Peter Payne in Gunma, Rich Hayhoe in Mie, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Jungle Beat, by EEE (Triple E)
* Headphone, by Rika Shinohara
* Hiccups, by Riyu Konaka

Listener Feedback
* Freeman, Atlanta GA

Links of Interest
* Megumi Yokota story
* Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (at YouTube)
* Lucie Blackman Trust
* Nova English School
* Nova Commercial - Short Version
* Napster Japan
* Sexii SNS
* Shark takoyaki photo
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Japanese Terms Used
* oshiri: butt, backside
* furi-furi: shake back and forth
* oshiri furi-furi: shake your butt; shake your booty
* shakkuri: hiccups
* tomaranai: won't stop
* shakkuri tomaranai: my hiccups won't stop

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Japundit nominated in the Asia Blog Awards
* Japundit contributors wanted

* Tokyo Rose dead at 90
* U.S. postwar impressions of Japanese
* Crackdown on bicycle riders in Japan
* Man shot, thinks he was stabbed
* Ninja Attack
* Blood type talk
* Chinese penile transplant
* Chinese miffed by Japanese computer game

* Japan going litigious
* Tokyo to appeal anthem/flag ruling
* Roomba becomes expensive in Japan
* Loo light
* Pooper power plays
* Otaku hunting
* 90% of women want to marry, 45% without boyfriends
* Train Cafe

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Mike Plugh in Akita, Bill Fish in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Rich Hayhoe in Mie, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Hey You, by In-sist
* Tooi Senaka, by EEE (Triple E)
* Maruki Bune, by Nozomi Miyatake

Listener Feedback
* Dave
* Freeman, Atlanta GA

Links of Interest
* Len Cullum, woodworker
* Tokyo Rose Story
* Asia Pundit
* Asia Blog Awards
* Boys Stuff
* Ninja Attack
* Train Café
* Write for Japundit
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Beautiful autumn weather in Japan
* New Japundit Ad: Pixelgirl Shop
* The Harsh Cry of the Heron
* Back to dead trees for Japan Talk
* New noise makers for Japan Talk

* New Prime Minister for Japan
* Most Japanese think Koizumi did a good job
* Koizumi the second most popular PM in history
* Shinjo to run for Japan's Upper House?

* Japan Post to cut mail collection frequency
* Court rules teachers don't need to stand up for anthem
* Sega robot pony
* Robots need emotion to mix with humans
* Parking violators trying to blame stomach pains
* Noodle burger
* Japan getting older
* Salmonella
* Man flees in care with cop on the roof
* Con men pretending to be the sons of victims
* Woman tries to frame husband with pot

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
* Theme of EEE, by EEE (Triple E)
* Fly, Fly, Fly, by Adrina Thorpe
* Hold On, by Tom Waits

Links of Interest:
* Pixelgirl Shop
* The Harsh Cry of the Heron
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Podsafe Music Network
* Japundit

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Meet Valeze
* Courtesy of FreeIndie.com
* Japundit News - Welcome Peter Payne
* Ways foreigners can save Japan
* Opinions of Japanese who date foreigners
* Ways foreigners can save Japan
* Nihonjinron
* Superstitions in Japan

* Big news in Japan: Drunk Driving
* Man arrested for not stopping drinking partner from driving
* Bicycle crackdown
* China's answer - driverless car
* Asahara
* Of dwarfs and dregs
* Fuji Film
* Green Tea
* Brown Seaweed as fat fighter
* Dogs in the news / Nisshin flour

* 1,000 Filipino nurses and caregivers
* Dognapper throws dog from window
* Scientist loses deadly poisons
* City official fondles woman's breast because of "stress"
* Econoperv nabbed again

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Peter Payne in Gunma, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
FreeIndie.com
* Liar, Valeze

Garageband
* Shine, Salme Dahlstrom

MF247
* Drive, Brown Sugar

Listener Feedback:
* Mirai in Kagoshima
* Shawn Gray in Chiba
* Darren in Ibaraki

Links of Interest:
* FreeIndie.com
* Valeze
* Free Valeze EP download
* What Japan Thinks
* MF247
* J-LIST
* Japan Diary of Culture
* Japundit
* Kutaki No Mura Forums
* Kutaki No Ha Podcast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Big jobs finished, Japundit returning to normal
* Monitor died
* IO Data LCD-AD194VS has defective power supply
* It's a boy
* Comparisons between European and Japanese royalty
* The high cost of maintaining a monarchy
* Shards of history?
* Strange CNN ad
* The decline of the family farm in Japan
* Food is cheaper in Tokyo
* Translation software for the cell phone?
* Dead husband cannot be father
* Kaori Manabe: Queen of the blog faders
* Lucky cell phone numbers
* Cell phone number swindle
* Google to hire more engineers in Japan
* Japan to launch another spy satellite
* Japanese photos sent to 9/11 monument

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Iron Chef in Australia, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
MF247
* Love Love Revolution 2006, Smile Ranger

Podsafe Music Network
* You Know What I'm Like, The Loving Its
* Hard Stuff, George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Listener Feedback:
* GGdeluxe
* Tokyo Dan What's Happening In Tokyo
* Is downloadable MySpace music automatically podsafe?
* Is downloadable music from other sites automatically podsafe?

* T. / A former listener
* Too much "perverted material"?
* Nobody wants to hear it?
* Bart dull?

Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Japanda
* Podsafe Music Network
* What Japan Thinks

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Trying something new
* Turn your head
* Naked and the dead
* Abe to harden Japan stance against North Korea
* Tokyo selected Japan's official 2016 Olympic candidate
* Too much Tokyo!
* Offensive Defense
* 63 percent of Japanese bloggers trust Big Business
* Robopod
* Boy kills self over failure to do summer assignment
* Yomiuri Giants TV rating plummet
* Murder scenes too realistic for NHK
* Hiroshima aqueduct collapses - thousands without water
* What Japan thinks about sex and dog food
* Man falls asleep while molesting woman
* Drunk monk falls asleep naked on woman's doorstep (Cambodia)
* Man DQ'd from inflatable doll race for "apparatus abuse" (Russia)

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

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* With You, John Mayall
* Ageha, Daiki And Little Wings

Listener Feedback:
* Emmett J. Cat: Volume levels insanely out of whack

Links of Interest:
* Turn Your Head
* MIURO
* Podsafe Music Network
* What Japan Thinks

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Getting busy
* Life of a translator
* Space Cowboys

* Britney Spears Harper's nude makes trouble in Tokyo subway
* Megumi Yokota
* Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
* Vanity postage stamps
* MPEG toilet
* Mobile noodle restaurant
* Narita meat patrol
* Drug drop linked to pressure on North Korea?
* Japan turns away North Korean peace meet envoys
* Geisha go digital
* Most women do not use women-only train cars
* Japanese women think men stink

* Truck falls on building
* Magic number of con artists: 980,000 yen
* Parents accuse teacher of mental torture in son's death
* Officials suspended slush fund receive support from another slush fund
* Man has sex change operation to please lesbian girlfriend
* Baby dies as parents play pachinko
* Novelist admits to throwing kittens off of cliff
* Japan revamps its CPI basket of goods
* Wal-Mart bleeding red in Japan
* Man makes 1,100 prank calls to police number
* Man molests woman who turns out to be off duty cop

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

Music
* Settle Down, Cabin Dogs

MF247
* Resident Of A City, Maiko Sekito

Garageband
* Hello California, Salme Dahlstrom

Podsafe Music Network
* Rocket Science, Brain Buckit

Listener Feedback:
* Hiro from Hiroshima
* Amanda B from Knoxville, Tennessee
* Salme Dahlstrom
* Everybody loves Bart!?!

Links of Interest:
* Next Big Hit
* Podsafe Music Network
* Space Cowboys
* Megumi Yokota
* Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
* What Japan Thinks
* Garageband
* MF247

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Summer vacation winding down
* NewspaperDirect: New sponsor
* Yasukuni Shrine explained
* Yasukuni Shrine: This year's visit
* Yasukuni Shrine: What the Japanese think
* Rightist burns down lawmaker's house
* Blackout in Tokyo
* New addition to Japan's royal family
* Princess Masako should be pitied
* Crown Prince and family "vacationing" in Holland
* Seattle Mariners looking to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka?
* Jobless man arrested for comic book thefts
* Kazumi Kitagawa revisited
* North Korea's lucrative tobacco product counterfeiting
* Diary of a Student Girl big in North Korea
* Man makes 37,760 calls to directory assistance to hear nice voices
* Junior high teacher arrested for shooting up-skirts (up-kimono)
* Too many women in Japan farding in public

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, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Any Town U.S.A., George Thorogood and the Destroyers
* Takaramono With Jun, K. C. Saito
* My Woman From Tokyo, Deep Purple

Listener Feedback:
* GGDeluxe

Links of Interest:
* NewspaperDirect
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Daisuke Matsuzaka
* Kazumi Kitagawa

Brought to you by J-LIST

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Summer vacation is here!
* Everyone is on the move
* Summer gasoline prices high
* But highway service station pump prices lower
* Watch out for summer fires
* Summertime food: eel in Japan, dog soup in Korea
* Japanese love affair with McDonald's at an end?
* Japan tops in buying power
* A tale of torii
* Giant Gundam plastic model to go on sale
* Paris Hilton themed Hello Kitty?!?
* Thieves use eggs to steal Benz
* Japanese sailor possibly passed restricted info
* Imperial Agency displeased with skyscrapers around palace
* Honda entering the jet business
* 65% of Japanese do not trust china
* Drug problem in North Korea
* Korean boom in Japan sputtering
* Good news for newborns in Malaysia
* Malaysian government fines promoters of Pussycat Dolls show
* Skateboard ticketed for recklessness
* Overworked post office worker throws away 1,400 pieces of mail
* Coast guard traces SOS signals to household phone
* Gynecologist arrested for in-office molestation

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, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* It's Summertime, The Loving Its
* Workman, Mogura
* Ra, Mogura

Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Torii

Izumo Taisha Shrine, Shimane Prefecture (Thanks to Hiro)

 

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Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Koki Kameda's embarrassing boxing match
* Kameda Family
* NHK pays to much for collection, hides details
* Tanigaki against special rates for food and other essentials
* Japan jobseekers getting good deal
* Japan population shrinks for the first time
* Convenience store targets seniors
* Senior crime on the rise
* Yu Darvish
* Most work death victims in control of own schedules
* Major rivers in Japan contaminated with antibiotics and other medicines
* May spawn drug-resistant strains of bacteria
* Wine-bot
* Japan Post breakup
* Japan to colonize moon!?!
* Japan baseball pros want out of all-star games with U.S.
* New Toto toilet walls cut odors
* JR-East uses passengers to generate power
* Mysterious pit traps found on beach
* Man robs woman of 10 yen at knifepoint

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, ghoti in Fukuoka, Chef Jo in Tottori, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo

Listener Feedback
* GGDeluxe
* Armed robbery in Japan
* 300 million yen robbery
* Mr. T
* Japan healthcare compared with U.S.

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Summertime, Lil D
* A Bird Is Crying, Daiki and Little Wings

Garageband
* You Cheat, Soda and His Million Piece Band

Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Japanda
* 300 million yen robbery

Brought to you by J-LIST

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Cream of the Crop
* Vote for the Plastic Soul Band
* Kim Dae Jung and Japanese Emperor in 2002 World Cup
* North Korea propaganda videos
* Japundit listeners surging
* Brain dead in U.S. recover in Japan
* Japan to run biodiesel car in Dakar Rally
* Japan live expectancy falls
* Students and teachers want free college
* Beekeepers wary of government alien species list
* Otaku take issue with cops over Akihabara
* Miniature pigs big in Japan
* Fish recruited to fight terror
* Osaka storing vintage wines
* Railroads to issue maternity badges
* Be the curry
* Go pluck yourself!

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, 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
* My Old Pickup Truck Never Lets Me Down, Doc Bates
* Gutbucket, James Brown

MF247
* Genso No Tabi (Fantastic Journey), Swing the Earthy Parade

Links of Interest:
* Cream of the Crop
* Planet Japan
* Hakone Hotel Kowakien

Brought to you by J-LIST

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* Apologies for wrong upload last week
* Podfading in Japan
* Super Lucky Legs, Ultra Lucky Legs
* Nikkei offices bombed over Emperor report
* 30-year weather reports?!?
* No respect for Shizuka Arakawa
* Nuke shelter boom in Japan
* Young Japanese turning away from watches
* Jellyfish force cut is nuke plant output
* Junior high teacher sends snap of genitals to student
* Man arrested for parading in garden in the buff
* Man fools high school girls into sending nude pictures
* Vodaphone infrared add-on sees through clothing
* Meaning of umbrella sharing in Japan
* MF247 site for Jindie music
* Japan Talk helps score CD sale for Plastic Soul Band

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, 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
* Super High, Pizzi Puty
* Leaving For Good, Plastic Soul Band

MF247
* Share An Umbrella With You, by Snoop

Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Planet Japan
* Herro Flom Japan
* Josh In Japan
* Tokyo Calling
* Podgy's Tokyo Talk
* Made In Japan Podcast
* Shizuka Arakawa Shisedo commercial (top one)
* Psycho Sheep of Butte

Brought to you by J-LIST

Contact: podcast@japundit.com

* 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:　
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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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* Aftermath of NORK missile tests
* Demented drivers in Japan
* Male scent gum
* One applicant shows up for sumo test
* Imperial Household Agency switches from Nissan to Toyota
* Molester leaves phone number in woman's clothing

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Music

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* Shiro Kumo to Aoisora - White Clouds and Blue Sky, by Plastic Soul Band
* Heartless, by Michael Burks

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* PM Koizumi : Japan's Greatest Postwar Reformer
* PM Koizumi : Japan's Greatest Elvis fan
* Wrong man arrested for hit-and-run
* 65% of smokers to continue after price hike
* Smoker's International Airways
* Beatles still big after all these years
* Consumption tax hike
* Couples not having kids because it's too expensive
* Japan to pump air pollution underground
* Men think woman nag too much
* Women think men are too lazy
* Pantsu getta (pants getter)

* Philippines: Most dangerous place in Asia for reporters?
* Irvine, California disses Taiwan residents
* Cambodia food poisoning due to tobacco from cook's mouth

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
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* Hello California, by Salme Dahlstrom
* France Blues, by Tobacco

* The Hiragana Song, by Alyssa Collins
Words and music by Japundit contributor Danny Bloom

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* Part 2 of Junji Ito's Falling on Same Hat! Same Hat!
* Why did Japan do so poorly in the World Cup?
* Ueno Squid Bikini Girl
* Husbands want country life, wives want city life
* Young employees choose work over date
* Accidents caused by TV watching while driving to rise
* Man in China tattoos profanity on three women
* Demonstrators in China close cat meat restaurant
* Japanese mother arrested for failure to stop kids from smoking
* Man arrested for kicking woman with nail laced shoes
* NORK leaders son seen at Eric Clampton concert
* Suspected bomb turns out to be beer

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
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* Attention Please, by Suiren (Water Lily)
From the Net:
* Tea Time, by TsuShiMa MiRe
* Chancan Dancing, by TsuShiMa MiRe

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* Rainy season in Japan
* Statute of limitations running out on "The Satanic Verses" murder
* Government to establish a central foreigner database
* Foreign workers in Japan remain a contentious issue.
* Japan is suffering serious labor shortage
* Part-timers want to become full-timers, but can't
* Japan wants to cut down on plastic bag use
* Oldster kills over bath
* Young woman told to pay for pedestrian collision
* Private satellites for sale: 100 million yen
* Man steels policewoman's jacket from Laundromat
* A spring will surely emerge

 

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* Same Hat! Same Hat! (samehat.blogspot.com)

* Brain bread
* Tsuyoshi Shinjo
* Yasukuni Shrine history
* Yasukuni Shrine brochures in Korean and Chinese
* Mushiking (mushiking.com)

* Bureaucratic flasher
* First attack on parking inspector
* Schindler's lifts
* Priest fondles woman, daughter, and granddaughter
* Taro Aso to run for Prime Minister
* More Chinese coeds play for pay

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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
* Jaco's Bounce by K. C. Saito
* Mannmosu no Ashiato (Mammoth Footprints) by Suiren

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* Japundit display problem
* Doggie yukata
* Strange ice cream flavors
* TV going digital in 2011
* 2 million foreigners in Japan
* Teaching love of nation
* Perpetual virginity?
* Parking violators beware

* Cop cops upskirts
* Cambodia bands 3G cell phones
* Robber returns cash
* Genghis Khan, Superstar
* Beautiful blogging in China

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., Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music
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* Jaco's Bounce by K. C. Saito
* Ala Sola by Daiki And Little Wings

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* Back from Kyushu
* Metropolis Magazine Podcast
* Cyber cafes in Tokyo
* Phone certificate rip-offs
* Chindon music
* Unemployed
* Japanese-style pizza
* What turns on Japanese women

* Michael Jackson in Japan
* Policeman fails to notice dead man under truck
* Deadly love
* Doctor nabbed for fondling patient
* Police cracking down on illegal parking
* Cell phone camera helps to catch teen molester
* Cops to get longer sticks
* Mimi Miyagi whores for votes

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., Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Jaco's Bounce by K. C. Saito
* Message by Reddyo

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* Going to Kyushu (where they love C&W)
* Country Gold in Kumamoto (www.countrygold.net)
* Introducing new Japundit contributors
* Gichudo Martial Arts Swords Gallery
* On approaching Episode 25
* Pod-fading
* New Japan fingerprinting law
* Hideki Matsui injury
* Asahi Breweries to copyright "Ina Bauer"
* Air going on sale at 7-11

* McDonald's Japan profit down 99%
* Robbery with massage
* 1 million Japanese live overseas
* Public bath numbers dwindling
* Consumption tax applied to welfare only
* Woman buries dead Mom in garden
* Putting forgotten umbrellas to work in Kumamoto
* Students think money isn't everything (yet!)

* Listener feedback

Special Thanks:
Tokyo Dan (What's Happening In Tokyo)

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

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Jaco's Bounce by K. C. Saito
* Someone by Reddyo
* Closing Theme: ninfurseiben by .22

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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* Adam Curry and Senseo
* Panty pulling â?? For real or a hoax?
* Underwear underscores under-population
* Underwear and chocolate cake bomb scare
* Honen-sai Festival
* Mizuki Furui, 9-year-old heartthrob
* Making bones about it
* New York Engrish

* When I grow up
* Japan wants to sell more whale meat
* Suicides in Japan top 30,000 again

Other Links of Interest:
* Plastic Soul Band Podcast
* Triumph International theme underwear gallery

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

Music
Podsafe Music Network
* Bad Religion by Jimmy Bratcher
* River by Madi Sato
* Leaving For Good by the Plastic Soul Band

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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* A Nation's Dignity
* Men's beauty industry in Japan
* Fujimaro Tsukuba
* Bath peeper dies while fleeing
* Prime Minister Koizumi shapes world
* Japan a victim of victor's justice?
* Pink maid gas attack
* Man accused of stealing 1700 pieces of women's undies
* Japan imports record mineral water amount
* Yomiuri Giants a flop among TV viewers
* West Japan Railway sued by workers
* Charity vending machine
* Middle school teacher second time molester

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
* Remember by Madi Sato

Japundit Theme:
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Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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* Japundit joejobbed again
* Japundit hits 1,000,000 visitors!
* Miyoko Kawahara
* Crapman
* Coffee shop for female otaku
* Police ordered to pay for failure to help man
* Phishing catches big one in Japan
* Ginza honeybees
* Luxury items making a comeback in Japan
* Loan company trouble spells trouble for Chihuahua sales
* Musician loses and finds valuable flutes

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
* There's So Many Ways I Can Kill You by Madsumo
* Blackheart Blues by Melissa Forbes
* Wandering by Plastic Soul Band
Garageband
* Nice Neighborhood by Chad Steward

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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* 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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* Japundit Joejobbed
* Japundit requires user registration
* Japundit Forums

* Jesus in Japan
To go there...

* Bio-clothing
* Myslee
* Karaoke Channel
* Orange Day
* Prius to hit 113 mpg
* Rock-bottom bus fares in Japan
* Japan's proposed robot space program
* Increase in living wills in Japan
* Police return 5 million yen tossed with garbage
* T-shirt giveaway
* What to do with Bart?
* Listen to this episode to find out how to win.

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

Garageband
* She's Gonna Find Out by The Blast

Podsafe Music Network
* Dear Friends by Daiki and Little Wings
* Lonesome Hearted Woman's Blues by Plastic Soul Band

Inspiration:
Phil Hendrie

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Japundit Podcast

 

* Zippy visits Japan again
* Japundit upgrade complete
* Japundit Forums opened!
* Japundit approaches 1 million readers!
* Japundit: Planet Japan's Blog of the Week

 

* Blood type determines personality?
* Japan hardens stance against China
* Ear cleaning entrepreneurs
* South Korea angry at Japan! Again!
* Chainsaw book browsing
* Japan still #1 in life expectancy

 

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
All music from Podsafe Audio
* Blue Thunder Boogie by Mark Scott LaMountain and the Blue Thunder Band
* Love with Ice by Joe Sibol
* I Wanna Go Home by Samantha Murphy

 

* Plastic Soul Band News: Website(English), Podcast (Japanese), Bar Drop in Kichijoji (April 9)

 

* Sparkplugged Connect Forums

 

* Mr. Dickman appears courtesy of Armpit Entertainment.

 

Inspiration: Phil Hendrie

 

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Japundit Podcast

• Introducing Bart Dickman
• Japundit hacked
• Japanophile/Oriental discussion
• Critical protect

 

• New Japan Red Cross services
• New Tokyo Tower
• Japanese want better relations with China
• Aneha: Number of defective buildings hits 98
• Famed university accused of sexual harassment
• Hapless thief pinned by sumo wrestler
• National government to cut new hires by 20% per year
• Police planning to crack down on illegal websites
• Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law amended
• Travel agency must compensate yakuza for tattoo snafu
• 22% sales tax rise required by 2015 if spending not cut
• Japan to require fingerprinting and photos of overseas visitors

 

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., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, Bart Dickman in Neverneverland, JP in Tokyo

 

Music:
All music from the Podsafe Music Network (music.podshow.com)

 

• Shirokumo To Aosora (White Clouds and Blue Sky) by Plastic Soul Band
• Lady Pearl by Madi Sato
•  Sayonara No Kikkake (Chance For Good-bye) by Plastic Soul Band

 

Inspiration: Phil Hendrie

 

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* Cherry blossoms
* Kame-mushi
* 11th anniversary of Tokyo sarin gas attack
* Man pays girl for sex with counterfeit notes
* Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima in world's top 200 cities
* Docs passing on obstetrics and gynecology
* Musicians against electrical appliance law

 

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., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

 

Music:
* I Know You Rider, by Dirty River (podsafeaudio.com)
* Raven's Wings, by Amy Martin (garageband.com)

 

Inspiration: Phil Hendrie

 

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Japan Talk Weekend Edition

 

* Ningen dokku
* White Day
* Hwang Woo-suk
* NHK fees
* Kobe bus stop names for sale
* Cop gets 20 years for abducting girls
* Yakuza get wired
* Arson is fun
* Professor wrist-slapped for sexual harassment
* Drive-by air gun shootings
* Handcuffs in Japan
* Condo for allergy sufferers
* Students forced to sing anthem

 

* Bubblegum JPop (Kitty Upton); RSS feed here

 

* Sparkplugged

 

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., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

 

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Japundit Podcast Midweek Edition

* New Japundit contributor, Mike Plugh
* Week of shame for MLB
* Greetings from The Marmot
* Hail to the cheats!

Music:
Ain't That A Shame, by Billy Jones (Podsafe Music Network)
You Cheat, by Soda & His Million Piece Band (GARAGEBAND)

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Japundit Podcast Weekend Edition

* Yummy Ramune
* Man cleared of groper accusation
* Japan to allow political donations by foreigners
* Japan in the UN
* Eat sushi and die!
* Dragon Dancing in Asakusa
* Too many boys
* Shooting for Nirvana
* Tokyo ... unsafe big city?
* Rats!
* Housework breeds kids?
* More imperial succession news

Japundit Contributors: Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music: (www.garageband.com) You Cheat, by Soda & His Million Piece Band

Link for Lullaby For Lawyers, by Steve Newman and Friends, played during Episode 11.

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Japundit Podcast Midweek Edition

* .22 news
* How Japanese interview foreigners
* More lawyers for Japan

Music - From Podsafe Music Network
* Pass It On, by .22
* On the Run, by Katie Webster

Music - From Podcast NYC
* Lullaby For Lawyers, by Steve Newman and Friends

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Japundit Podcast – Weekend Edition

* Otaru
* Cats Love Human Milk
* Kangi shrine
* Shark meat jerky
* Tokyo subway vs. New York Subway
* Contract killer, two-time loser
* Anti-empress rally
* Woman sells pot with 3 million yen inside
* Manga publisher gives away girl's panties
* Akebono - Professional wrestler
* Cop shoots self accidentally
* Japan to open casinos?

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

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Japundit Podcast New Midweek Edition
* Shizuka Arakawa
* Why did Japan do so poorly at Turin?

Music - From Podsafe Music Network (podshow.music.com)
* Breakin' Out, by Shemekia Copeland

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Japundit Podcast

* Deadly Japan winter
* 14-year old pimps 13-year old
* School principal fired for calling bookie
* Pol pees on plane
* Ideal mate hard to find
* Funeral photos
* Whale meat back on school menus
* Brutal babes
* Driver's ed? Sex ed?

Also:
* Japan's celebrity cannibal
* Happy birthday Lil' Kim

Japundit Contributors: Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music - From Podsafe Music Network
* In your time more lead, by Pizzi Puti
* Gun, by .22

This episode of the Japundit Podcast is brought to you by J-LIST and J-BOX, sites that make it simple to purchase Japanese products from just about anywhere.

Japundit Podcast

* Valentine Day
* Cut it out!
* Sapporo Snow Festival
* 31 Flavors
* Little Boy

* Japan's Winter Olympic Hopes
* Earthquake Talk

Japundit Contributors: Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Bill "Ampontan" Sakovich in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Music - From Garage Band (www.garageband.com)
* Blue Bird Tattoo, by Circe Link
* France Blues, by Tobacco

Japundit Podcast Episode 6

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News by Japundit
* Setsubun
* Saga strip clubs
* From dust to dustbin
* Something about Junior
* Japanese Imperial succession and Princess Kiko's pregnancy

* Marie Mockett interview

Podcast Beijing

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Ampontan in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Special Thanks:
Hunter Brumfield

Music:
From Podsafe Music Network (music.podshow.com)

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Congrats to Three Legged Dog, Hey Love

Japundit Podcast Episode 5

News by Japundit

• Pervy prof finds a job
• Travelers between Japan and Korea at all time high
• Emperor should visit Yasukuni?
• Breakthrough Asian pop star update
• Reasons for NORK nuclear program
• Japan's snow monkeys
• Ramen pie
• Kyoto teahouses opened to the public
• Japan's Imperial succession problems
• Strange things found in taxis
• Listener feedback

Japundit Contributors

Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Ampontan in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Special Thanks:

Hunter Brumfield

Music:

From the Podsafe Music Network

• Japundit Theme: ninfurseiben, by .22
• Other: Monday Michiru

Japundit Podcast Episode 4

This episode of the Japundit Podcast is brought to you by J-LIST and J-BOX, and by Tsuchida & Associates.

Music:

From the Podsafe Music Network

• (If You're Going to the) Doghouse, by Doug MacLeod
• Red Rum, by Three Legged Dog
• The Devil and His Dog, by Lee Madiford

News by Japundit

• Livedoor Shock
• Sex shop for train gropers
• Going to jail for namecalling
• Hello Kitty robots
• Adult diaper boom in China
• Polygamist lives with 10 wives in Tokyo
• Geisha - Entertainers or prostitutes?

Japundit Contributors

Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Ampontan in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Special Thanks

Hunter Brumfield

This episode of the Japundit Podcast is brought to you by J-LIST and J-BOX, your friend in Japan that makes it easy to buy all those hard-to-find items from Japan.

Music: From the Podsafe Music Network

• Taller Than Dogs, by Oscar Trim
• Essex Dog, by Racine
• Heart of Stone, by Man Bites Dog

News by Japundit

• Living to regret dying in Japan
• Little Horiyuki
• Japan's plan to deploy unmanned spy planes
• America discovered by China?
• British defense attache's in-flight binge

Also:

• Kamikaze shrimp
• J-LIST, J-BOX, Peter Payne's blog
• Listener Feedback: Any plans for a team podcast?

Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Mari Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Tubbypaws in the U.K., Ampontan in Kyushu, JP in Tokyo

Special Thanks
Hunter Brumfield

Music: From the Podsafe Music Network

• Dog, by Road Trip
• Amy, by Three-legged Dog
• Heart of Stone, by Man Bites Dog

News by Japundit

• Popular dolls in Japan
• Higuchi drops out of national baseball squad
• Higuchi's nickname (Gooch)
• Higuchi and Matsui not patriotic -Lasorda
• Going postal in Japan
• David Weber Roppongi Report
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo underwear update
• Whalers to dial 911?
• Hero sues victim in Japan
• Japan preparing for invasion?
• Coming of Age Day in Japan
• Abe: Don't make Yasukuni a political issue
• Naked News in Japan

Also:

• Report on Japundit's first anniversary
• Warning about "link farming"
• Are you a dog?
• Listener Feedback: What's with the Yasukuni Shrine?

News by Japundit

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom (Taiwan), David Weber (Tokyo), Marie Mockett (New York), Sylvain Bouchard (Sendai), Tubbypaws (U.K.), JP (Tokyo)

Special Thanks
Hunter Brumfield

This is it! The first Japundit Podcast!

Music: Podsafe Music Network

• Sick as a Dog by Brad Sucks
• Hey Love by Three Legged Dog
• Who Dogs the Outlet by George Hrab

Chinese Zodiac

News by Japundit

Japundit Contributors
Danny Bloom (Taiwan), David Weber (Tokyo), Marie Mockett (New York), Sylvain Bouchard (Sendai), Tubbypaws (U.K.), JP (Tokyo)

Special Thanks
Hunter Brumfield

This is our first podcast, a pilot that we will be using for testing and trying out various things in preparation for our big launch on January 7.

See you then!

Music: Blue Thunder Boogie, by Mark Scott LaMountain and the Blue Thunder band. Courtesy of PodSafe Audio (www.podsafeaudio.com).

Japundit Podcast is looking for high-quality podsafe music by Asian artists.

Musical genre does not matter.

We will accept folk music from your native country, pop, rock, country, folk... Anything!

The only requirement is that the music be completely podsafe and playable on the Japundit Podcast without fear of infringing on anyone's copyright.

Here's your chance to show people around the globe what you and your band can do!

Write for more information or send your MPEG files to podcast@japundit.com.

Welcome to the homepage for JAPUNDIT PODCAST, the voice for JAPUNDIT, one of the most popular blogs in the world about Japan and other countries in the East Asia.

JAPUNDIT PODCAST is scheduled to go on the air from January 7, 2006.

See you then!