Japan's Favorite Snack Raises Price After 40 Years
This week we discuss the remarkable lengths one student went to cheat on an exam, the most unbelieve accident to ever happen when a man falling from a roof caused another woman to fall out of a window...
5 Feb 202252min
Jujutsu Kaisen Goes Big At The Box Office
This week we discuss the huge success of the latest anime movie hit 'Jujutsu Kaisen 0', how a firefighter is in trouble for moonlighting as a Youtuber & the unlikely new toy that's taking Japan by sto...
15 Jan 202243min
Japanese Team Invents World's First 'Lickable' Screen
This week we discuss the sudden snowfall in Tokyo, the police department that is currently in hot water over a couple of misplaced floppy disks, the world's oldest person Kane Tanaka turning 119, a te...
7 Jan 202251min
Another Crazy Year in Japan: Christmas Special 2021
This week we discuss Yusaku Maezawa's successful return to earth after 12 days on the International Space Station, a mother's incredible bravery in saving her child from a burning building, an all-boy...
23 Des 202147min
The First Japanese Civilian Is Now In Space
This week we discuss billionaire Yusaku Maezawa who just became the first Japanese civilian to travel to space, how prolonged exposure to face masks is causing unexpected anxiety and outrage as a scho...
11 Des 202137min
Japan’s Fried Chicken Wars Puts Christmas In Jeopardy
This week we discuss Japan's tightened border restrictions worlding the discovery of the new Omicron Covid variant, how Japan's favourite Christmas food (fried chicken) is facing severe shortages, and...
3 Des 202128min
Will “Shut the F*ck Up” be Japan's Word of 2021?
This week we discuss the nominations for Japan's 'Word of the Year' 2021 competition (流行語大賞), JAXA's search for new astronauts for the first time in 13 years, the seemingly positive return to normalcy...
27 Nov 202137min
Tokyo Team Recreates World's Oldest Oil Painting with AI
This week we discuss 19-year old shogi master Sōta Fujii becoming the 'Dragon King', JR East performing the 1st ever test run of its new autonomous bullet train system, a 16-year old girl who engineer...
19 Nov 202135min
