Japan This Week

93 Episodes

1. July 11, 2025 | Is Trump blowing up Japan-US relations?

   Published: 7/11/2025
2. July 4, 2025 | Japan's newspaper crisis: Losing readers, relevance and the next generation

   Published: 7/4/2025
3. June 27, 2025 | Japan's big heat: June's deadly start to summer

   Published: 6/27/2025
4. June 20, 2025 | Why Japan’s 2,000-year imperial family may not survive this century

   Published: 6/20/2025
5. June 13, 2025 | Why Japan’s J-pop idol industry bans sex, dating and romance

   Published: 6/13/2025
6. June 6, 2025 | Japan’s rice crisis: Why prices are soaring and what’s behind it

   Published: 6/6/2025
7. May 29, 2025 | Why is Nissan failing and what speed bumps lie ahead?

   Published: 5/29/2025
8. May 23, 2025 | Japan’s sex industry boom: How tourism and the yen are changing everything

   Published: 5/23/2025
9. May 16, 2025 | End of the yakuza? Inside Japan’s vanishing underworld

   Published: 5/16/2025
10. May 9, 2025 | Is Japanese media stuck in the past?

    Published: 5/14/2025
11. May 2, 2025 | Why is chikan behavior still so common on Japan's trains?

    Published: 5/2/2025
12. April 25, 2025 |Japan Today Spotlight 14 Osaka Expo 2025 Visionary Showcase or Expensive Misfire Audio Only

    Published: 4/25/2025
13. April 16 , 2025: The bizarre Japanese trend of paying someone to quit your job

    Published: 4/23/2025
14. Jan. 31, 2025 Month in Review: BOJ rate hike, Kyoto tax, record heat, Osaka smoking ban & ¥207M tuna

    Published: 1/31/2025
15. Jan. 24, 2025: Fuji TV scandal, Trump-Ishiba relations, 7-Eleven security, Osaka Expo struggles & Shinto rituals

    Published: 1/24/2025
16. Jan. 17, 2025: Ramen closures, Coming-of-Age Day, suicide leapers, Ghosn accomplice & 110 misuse

    Published: 1/17/2025
17. 2024 Year in Review: Earthquakes, Inflation, Tourist Boom, Ohtani, Yamibaito & Kanji of the Year

    Published: 12/20/2024
18. Dec. 13, 2024: Nobel Prize, forced suicide, Miho Nakayama's death, izakaya woes & JAL pilot scandal

    Published: 12/13/2024
19. Dec. 6, 2024: China's view of Japan, record heat, My Number debate, Akita bear drama & Aussie smuggler sentenced

    Published: 12/6/2024
20. Nov. 29, 2024: Japan-U.S. missiles, crash saga, suicide leap, Tokyo lost-found and shoe thief weasel

    Published: 11/29/2024