* 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

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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

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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:　
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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* Rain, rain, rain
* Apologies for extra downloads
* Kamogawa Odori
* Oriental flush
* Rules of sushi
* 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

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

Garage Band
* Hello California, by Salme Dahlstrom

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* New name: Japan Talk
* New website URL: www.japantalk.org
* New RSS feed: www.japantalk.org/rss
* Audio comment recorder
* Japan Probe

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* 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
Garage Band
* 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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