Japan This Week
A podcast by Japan Today
93 Episodes
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July 11, 2025 | Is Trump blowing up Japan-US relations?
Published: 7/11/2025 -
July 4, 2025 | Japan's newspaper crisis: Losing readers, relevance and the next generation
Published: 7/4/2025 -
June 27, 2025 | Japan's big heat: June's deadly start to summer
Published: 6/27/2025 -
June 20, 2025 | Why Japan’s 2,000-year imperial family may not survive this century
Published: 6/20/2025 -
June 13, 2025 | Why Japan’s J-pop idol industry bans sex, dating and romance
Published: 6/13/2025 -
June 6, 2025 | Japan’s rice crisis: Why prices are soaring and what’s behind it
Published: 6/6/2025 -
May 29, 2025 | Why is Nissan failing and what speed bumps lie ahead?
Published: 5/29/2025 -
May 23, 2025 | Japan’s sex industry boom: How tourism and the yen are changing everything
Published: 5/23/2025 -
May 16, 2025 | End of the yakuza? Inside Japan’s vanishing underworld
Published: 5/16/2025 -
May 9, 2025 | Is Japanese media stuck in the past?
Published: 5/14/2025 -
May 2, 2025 | Why is chikan behavior still so common on Japan's trains?
Published: 5/2/2025 -
April 25, 2025 |Japan Today Spotlight 14 Osaka Expo 2025 Visionary Showcase or Expensive Misfire Audio Only
Published: 4/25/2025 -
April 16 , 2025: The bizarre Japanese trend of paying someone to quit your job
Published: 4/23/2025 -
Jan. 31, 2025 Month in Review: BOJ rate hike, Kyoto tax, record heat, Osaka smoking ban & ¥207M tuna
Published: 1/31/2025 -
Jan. 24, 2025: Fuji TV scandal, Trump-Ishiba relations, 7-Eleven security, Osaka Expo struggles & Shinto rituals
Published: 1/24/2025 -
Jan. 17, 2025: Ramen closures, Coming-of-Age Day, suicide leapers, Ghosn accomplice & 110 misuse
Published: 1/17/2025 -
2024 Year in Review: Earthquakes, Inflation, Tourist Boom, Ohtani, Yamibaito & Kanji of the Year
Published: 12/20/2024 -
Dec. 13, 2024: Nobel Prize, forced suicide, Miho Nakayama's death, izakaya woes & JAL pilot scandal
Published: 12/13/2024 -
Dec. 6, 2024: China's view of Japan, record heat, My Number debate, Akita bear drama & Aussie smuggler sentenced
Published: 12/6/2024 -
Nov. 29, 2024: Japan-U.S. missiles, crash saga, suicide leap, Tokyo lost-found and shoe thief weasel
Published: 11/29/2024
A weekly roundup of the week's biggest — and smallest — national news, crime, politics and entertainment stories from Japan Today with a dash of opinionated commentary and a sprinkling of readers' comments. Ready for you every Friday evening (JST).