Japan By River Cruise Podcast
1) A State of Emergency for Suga's Approval Numbers (w/Jake Adelstein)
Outspoken LDP (& JBRC) critic Jake Adelstein updates his 100-day Suga progress report to include the State of Emergency soft reboot, and Suga's inability to commit to anything... except hosting the Ol...Show More
2) Ollie is in Tokyo and Fukuoka (and Hong Kong and KL and Brighton and London and Edinburgh...)
Little message from Ollie to say that he's heading to Japan as part of his stand-up comedy tour. Tickets are available with a big JBRC discount if you use the promo code JBRC.Β https://tickets.olliehor...Show More
3) Fancy a Cheeky Valentine's Show? (live show announcement)
Links to tickets! Get your tickets ASAP for guaranteed entry! https://peatix.com/group/12083451/events
4) The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 2: July~December]
We did it! The second half of all of the news that came out of Japan in 2022. All of it. And we don't get side tracked or distracted by other chats. Thank you for listening! Back with guests from Febr...Show More
The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 2: July~December]
1:08:21 | Jan 23rd, 2023
5) The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 1: January~June]
Part one of a (potential?) two-part run down of every single news story that came out of Japan in 2022.
The official round-up of 2022 (every single news story) [Part 1: January~June]
1:10:12 | Dec 22nd, 2022
6) Why was Shinzo Abe killed? (w/Jake Adelstein)
Shinzo Abe was assassinated. But did he deserve it? Jake Adelstein gets remarkably close to making the case that he did.
7) Tokyo, City of Dreams/Permissive Zoning Policy (w/Joe McReynolds)
Joe McReynolds is co-author of a new book about how flexible micro-spaces create the spontaneity and vitality of Tokyo, and how so much the city is built on the often very niche dreams and passions of...Show More
8) Biden Time! (w/Michelle Ye Hee Lee)
Joe Biden's Straight Talk Express comes to Asia! WaPo Bureau Chief Michelle Ye Hee Lee joins us to talk about what Biden took away from his time in Japan. If he's anything like most Americans, we're b...Show More
9) Marching into April/Japanese Castles (w/Oleg Benesch)
Japan Scholar Oleg Benesch joins us to to talk about the past, present, and future of Japanese castles, and break down the debates around them, proving that when it comes to historical Japanese stron...Show More
10) Quick update - we're coming back!
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