June 7, 2024: Price Up; Cedar Fever; Punk in Drublic; High Tech Toilets and Right Place, Wrong Crime

In this week's news from Japan Today: Prices for over 600 food items rise in June; Japan plans to replace cedar with low-pollen trees to fight hay fever; no more street drinking in Shibuya; Japan’s high-tech toilets all the rage internationally and a criminal who picked the wrong store to rob. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan…id517133982?mt=2 Find jobs in Japan: GaijinPot Jobs: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com Catch all the news at Japan Today: https://japantoday.com/ This weeks stories: Up, Up and Away https://japantoday.com/category/business/prices-for-614-food-drink-items-to-be-hiked-in-june Cedar Fever https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-replace-cedars-with-low-pollen-trees-to-tackle-hay-fever Punk in Drublic https://japantoday.com/category/national/shibuya-ward-in-tokyo-plans-to-extend-night-street-drinking-ban-all-year-round High-Tech Toilets https://japantoday.com/category/tech/feeling-flush-japan%27s-high-tech-toilets-go-global Right Place, Wrong Crime https://japantoday.com/category/crime/18-year-old-man-arrested-for-attempted-robbery-of-convenience-store-next-to-police-box If you have any ideas for things you’d like us to include in the podcast — drop us a line at [email protected]. Follow us on X at @JapanToday for all the breaking stories or on our Instagram channel @JapanTodayNews. Listen from our website at Japan This Week https://japantoday.com/category/podcast