214 Episodes

  1. 195: Kabukicho: Tokyo's 'stadium of desire'

    Published: 7/22/2024
  2. 194: Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

    Published: 7/4/2024
  3. 193: Tokyo underground: The city beneath our feet

    Published: 6/20/2024
  4. 192: The sweaty pleasure of Japan’s inconvenient art

    Published: 6/6/2024
  5. 191: What does climate change sound like?

    Published: 5/23/2024
  6. Japan is doing better on accessibility than you think

    Published: 4/16/2024
  7. 190: Sakura stories revisited: Getting in the mood for hanami

    Published: 3/25/2024
  8. 189: A lawsuit puts alleged racial profiling by police on trial in Japan

    Published: 3/7/2024
  9. [Rebroadcast] Traveling Okinawa with a broken heart

    Published: 2/29/2024
  10. 188: A young 3/11 survivor and her vow to protect the ocean

    Published: 2/22/2024
  11. 187: Hunting in Hokkaido; Taylor Swift comes to Tokyo

    Published: 2/15/2024
  12. 186: Japan’s take on immortality; problems in Palworld

    Published: 2/8/2024
  13. 185: Japan’s historic moon landing was right on target

    Published: 2/1/2024
  14. 184: Japan rings in 2024 with an unwelcome disaster

    Published: 1/18/2024
  15. 183: Big in Japan 2023: Anime, Murakami and Legend of Zelda

    Published: 12/14/2023
  16. 182: Feeling anxious? Wastewater, heat and Japan’s year in climate

    Published: 12/7/2023
  17. 181: A problematic otaku dictionary and the Japanese approach to sitting

    Published: 11/30/2023
  18. 180: Things get warmer with Xi; Johnny’s get the cold shoulder

    Published: 11/22/2023
  19. 179: Bear goes the neighborhood? Japanese wildlife is on the move

    Published: 11/16/2023
  20. 178: Japan’s ‘four-eyed tax hiker’ and the curse of Colonel Sanders

    Published: 11/9/2023

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Looking beneath the surface of Japan. We talk to Japan Times journalists and guests about current events and trends in Japan.