* Quiet week in Japan
* Probably no podcast next week (10/27)

* Japan to remain ugly?
* Japanese sleep habits
* Will higher fines stop gangsters from using guns?
* Nintendo is not playing games
* What Japanese people wish their spouses would stop doing

* Foreign teachers at NOVA strike
* JAL to offer premium economy class
* Taxi fares to rise in Tokyo
* Digital New Years cards
* Miss Universe, Riyo Mori, caves to PETA pressure
* Lynching in the name of The Almighty
* Teacher resigns over ribald golf ball gaffe

Music
MF247
* Boarder No Border by EEE
* Starmain by Seseragi 25
* La, La, La by Yoshimi Matsuoka

Links of Interest
* 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

* All non-Japanese music from garageband.com
* Some equipment trouble, sorry for the static!
* A busy week makes for a bit of a hurried podcast

* Kameda fight

* More on foreign crime in Japan (Zichi Lorentz)
* Cherry blossoms blooming in Tochigi (Melissa Pitsch)

* Hospital closes because of doctor shortage
* Hospitals ask government for relief from drunks
* Foreigners fingered
* Crackdown on foreigners to cause problems

* Government bureau of Wikipedia
* Pitter-patter parent to pay
* Freaks bearing gifts
* Panty perv pinched
* Superstar pedophile
* Lonely man throws bleach on women

Music
Garageband
* Hello California by Salme Dahlstrom
* Raven's Wings by Amy Martin
* Blue Bird Tattoo by Circe Link

Links of Interest
* Zichi Lorenz foreign crime statistics

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

* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store
* Japundit
* Jindiecast

Contact: podcast@japundit.com