This week, Steven, Michelle and Yasushi discuss the impacts and possible changes to the school year due to Covid-19. Discussions from the Japanese governments address starting the school year in September as opposed to April to coincide with international schooling systems.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/1071/

The last of getting to know your podcasters as we discuss the cultural aspects we want to adopt into our home countries vs. the aspects we are glad aren't apart of our home culture.

We're back again this week discussing more about ourselves and what we miss about our travels, as well as the things we were glad to get back in our home countries

In this episode, we decided to take an escape from the real world and let our listeners get to know the real us and our experiences in each other's respective countries. So come listen to Yasushi's take on American culture and Steven and Michelle's first impressions of Japan. Enjoy!

In our last episode, the Coronavirus was mostly a focus only in Asia and eastern countries. Yet within a couple of weeks, the whole world has been affected and in this episode, Yasushi, Steven and Michelle discuss why Japan goes about business as normal while the rest of the world shuts down.

This week, Yasushi, Steven and Michelle discuss the recent decision of the University of Tokyo (Todai) to ban clubs that discriminate against women. 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13082948

In this recording, Yasushi, Steven and Michelle discuss the ever rampant topic of overtourism in Japan's most popular areas and ways the government is hoping to tackle the crowds for the future

 https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005970099 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13060063 

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190920/p2a/00m/0na/022000c