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-boys school in Tokyo that has started a Gentlemen's Education curriculum and we reminisce on the biggest story of 2021 in Japan.

Words of the Week:
クリパ (kuripa)
タコパ (takopa)
パリピ (paripi)

This episode was recorded on December 22nd 2021 in Hiroo, Tokyo.

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