Should non-residents be allowed to buy Japanese homes?
Meet Derek, co-founder of YukiHomes, a service that helps people overseas buy cheap homes in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about his own journey buying an akiya in Japan and running a business fro...
8 Sep 1h
The problem with Japanese mainstream media
Meet Martin Fackler, a journalist and author based in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about his career in China and Japan, what went into reporting his biggest stories, and the problems with Japan's...
4 Sep 2h 26min
Why Japan's jazz cafes are more important than ever
Meet Philip, an author and photographer who's spent years documenting Japan's jazz kissa, who sits down to talk to us about his work and the cafes he's explored in his book. He tells us about the hist...
1 Sep 1h 16min
What it's like to live with invisible illnesses in Japan
Meet Hanna, an activist who has been living with chronic illnesses like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as PTSD. She sits down to talk to us about her experiences living with invisi...
28 Aug 46min
How did anime get so popular overseas, when Japanese companies did not care?
Meet Roland Kelts, an author known for his book Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. He sits down to talk to us about the anime industry and the spread of Japanese pop culture o...
25 Aug 1h 33min
Japanese teacher's secret to communication, with @NihongoDekita
Meet Sayaka, a Japanese teacher known for her work on her channel Nihongo Dekita. She sits down to talk to us about her own journey to English fluency, discovering a passion for teaching language, and...
21 Aug 1h 7min
Sitting down with the U.S.'s first manga professor
Meet Kofi Bazell-Smith, the United States' first manga professor. He sits down to talk to us about the rules, form, and history of manga, his work in teaching and cultural relations, as well as his ow...
19 Aug 1h 11min
Why are so many Tokyo apartments not foreigner friendly?
Meet Sandul, a real estate agent in Tokyo. He sits down to talk to us about the reality of renting, the difficulties of renting as a foreigner or student, and how to settle in as a new resident in Jap...
14 Aug 1h 9min
