11: Inua's Thomas Frebel — a top chef in a city of stars
When it was announced that Thomas Frebel, former head of recipe development at Copenhagen's Noma (four time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award), would open his new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo ...
3 Apr 201935min
10: Ichiro's last stand?
What can we expect from Japan’s upcoming baseball season and how are some of the country’s star players faring across the Pacific in the Major Leagues? And crucially, how long will baseball legend Ich...
20 Mar 201930min
9: Eight years on from Fukushima
On the eighth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, staff writer Ryusei Takahashi shares his experience of a recent visit to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and Magda Osumi discuss...
11 Mar 201930min
8: I want to be a Japanese comedian
Andrew McKirdy finds out the secrets of Japanese comedy with a little bit of help from professional manzai comedian Patrick Harlan. Hosted by Oscar Boyd. Read Andrew McKirdy's full article. See ...
27 Feb 201940min
7: Kim and Trump — what's next?
On this week's episode, Jesse Johnson discusses what the next meeting of the U.S. and North Korea might mean for Japan, and Shaun McKenna talks us through some of Japan's biggest summer music festival...
13 Feb 201926min
6: What a week for Naomi Osaka
On Monday, Naomi Osaka became the world's No. 1 women’s singles player after her victory against Petra Kvitova in Saturday’s Australian Open final. But her rise to the top also came with a dose of con...
30 Jan 201922min
5: The legacy of the Tokyo riots
50 years on from the riots at the University of Tokyo, where does activism in Japan stand now? Oscar Boyd is joined by JT staff writer Alex Martin who reported on the recent anniversary of the riots. ...
23 Jan 201923min
4: Japan's changing demographics
Their trials and tribulations offer insight into how Japan will cope with an expected influx of young, foreign workers in a graying country with limited experience in hosting blue-collar workers. S...
9 Jan 201918min
