DEEP IN JAPAN

In this episode, three otakus (James "mythic weeb" Hatheway, Jeff "pro-PS5 gamer" Krueger, and Trevor "King of Saitama" Holland) talk for nearly three hours about all kinds of otaku shit: Akiba, retro gaming, MTG, and puters, etc. 

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The musical outro was "Renai Circulation." The intro was “Dubstep” by Ben Sound with my own Fist of the North Star mashup.

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Jeff Krueger
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In this episode, we welcome back Professor Steve McCarty to reflect on his forty-plus years of teaching and living in Japan.

Over the course of the interview, McCarty shows his personality, values, and his personal philosophy on life. He describes encounters with Edwin O. Reischauer, Alan Watts, Ram Dass, Allen Ginsberg, and Donald Keene. Discussing his career as a professor, he advises navigating between assimilation and going native, consulting and negotiating to gain leeway, and remaining a professional foreigner. He applies the intercultural communication concept of public self and private self to reconcile cultural differences in an international family. He presents anecdotes at the local level of living in Japan such as community organizations and playing on baseball teams. He discusses Buddhism and avoiding inner conflict, balancing spontaneity with ethics so as not to harm others. Finally, he illustrates what makes real haiku possible in any language.

If you would like to learn more about McCarty and his work, you can access his highly cited publications on e-learning, bilingualism, language teaching, Japan, Asia, and academic life at Japanned.

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The musical outro was "INKYARA NU UTA" Remixed by Makoto Kubota. The intro was “Dubstep” by Ben Sound with my own Fist of the North Star mashup.
 
Audio footage related to the Narita Airport demonstrations and Alan Ginsberg can be found at the following: 

• 証言で紡ぐ成田空港反対闘争～「三里塚のイカロス」代島監督インタビュー   
• Ginsberg's Karma

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Jeff Krueger
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This is the Deep in Japan News segment, where soon-to-be Dr. Mike Burke and I babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we delve into Omnicron, border strictures, Japan's 'Sympathy Budget' expenditures for US bases, and much, much more.

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Story Links:  

• 般若 / インダハウス / YouTube Exclusive
• Japan Entry Controls to For Time Being
• Parents Mourn Singer Sayaka Kanada
• Japan, US agree on Tokyo's cost for US bases
• Wiki: Omoiyari Yosan / Sympathy Budget

Audio: 

• これはぺんです・This is a pen

The outro was 般若 / インダハウス. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. 

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In this episode, we do an AMA with Steve 'The Negatron Bomb' Edwards. Enjoy! And do note that the Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan　　

The outro was "Chu-hi" by Miyachi available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX82C5vQMIU&ab_channel=Miyachi 

The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. 

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This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related news storiesーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we celebrate Christmas! 

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The outro was a Japanese version of Jingle Bells. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. The outro was 

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This week, we dusted off a shelved recording from back in April 2017. It was awkward for me to listen to and edit this because I was a completely different human being at that time - with a completely different job in a completely different industry, a completely different family dynamic, completely different goals, ambitions, and interests, and for the most part, I even had completely different cells in my body. And I assume the same was true was Trevor. In any event, here it is. Enjoy! The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan　　　LINKS: FRYING DUTCHMEN, ‘humanERROR’: https://bit.ly/31xswCY Akira 100%: https://bit.ly/3Dwy4e3 Koko ga hen da yo: https://bit.ly/3DtgGGT Golden Eggs samples: https://bit.ly/3rDox2p The teacher who duct-taped kids’ mouths shut: https://bit.ly/3pzXrXo The Moritomo Gakuen Scandal: https://bit.ly/3EzdCu5 On the Moritomo Gakuen Curriculum: https://bit.ly/3y5Z42X Uni lecturer who said Fukushima student would glow: https://bit.ly/3dztpx2 The skeezy teacher who tried to film naked students: https://bit.ly/3owuFr3 Fukushima Topsoil Disposal I: https://bit.ly/3Dy6jlk Fukushima Topsoil Disposal II: https://bit.ly/3pyAnIA MUSIC: The outro was “humanERROR” by FRYING DUTCHMENT(link above). The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. The outro was Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show

In this episode, the first of our Study Session series, Trevor and I take p.10 of the famed SHINKANZEN MASUTA DOKKAI NIHONGO NOURYOKU SHIKEN N2 (新完全マスター読解能力試験N2), a JLPT reader available at https://amzn.to/3pgN2zv And here is the reading from p 10: 練習１：問いに対する答えとして、最もよいものを一つ選びなさい。この前、教師の人と話していて、子供がTVゲームばかりして、友達同士遊ばないから困っているとぼやいていました。TVゲームに対するもっとも一般的な批判です。僕はいつも、この批判を聞くと、それは正しいのだけれど、だけど、先生、あなた方だって、カラオケで盛り上がるでしょう、つまり、ゆっくり酒でも飲み始めたら、誰のどんな批判が飛び出すか分からないから、その空間を避けるでしょう、もちろん、僕もそうですよ、スタッフや役者同志が酔っ払って何を言い出す分からない時は、カラオケに走るのが最も安全な方法ですから、と心の中で思ってしますのです。そして、子供は、そういう大人の生活の知恵を敏感に知っていて、友達の家に遊びに行って、何を話そうかと緊張する瞬間、あるものはTVゲームのスイッチを入れ、あれ者は「スラムダンク」のコミックを手に取るのですよ、と思ってしますのです。問い：この文章の内容として最も適切なものはどれか。1. 子供がTVゲームをするのは、まだ子供達だけでカラオケにいけないからだ。2. 子供がTVゲームをするのは緊張を避けるためで、大人がカラオケに行くのと同じだ。3. 子供がTVゲームをすることを批判するなら、大人もカラオケに行くべきではない。4. 子供がTVゲームをするのは、カラオケほど他人から批判されず、安全だからだ。The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan　　The outro was a Nujabes mix (available at https://bit.ly/3rtzzab) with a Doge団 Clan gaming session overlay. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related news storiesーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we get updates on the cat, doge, and chicken front; explore the evil genius of Hidetaka Miyazaki; explore the theoretical implications of Emperor hugging; learn a few new ippatsugei and much, much more. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanThe outro was “渡り廊下走り隊／ギュッ” available at https://bit.ly/2ZaQ7bv The intro was Renzoh Flutes' "Ghost of Tsushima Shadows In The Fog Shakuhachi Cover" available at https://bit.ly/3FwrqFQ Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!

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In this episode, we speak with Motoyuki Shibata, premier translator and founder of the English-language literary journal, MONKEY. “Widely referred to as Japan's leading translator of contemporary American literature, Motoyuki Shibata has been responsible for rendering American writers as diverse as Thomas Pynchon, Paul Auster, Richard Powers and Edward Gorey into Japanese. As a sign of his linguistic prowess, Shibata was awarded the Japan Translation Cultural Prize for his 2010 translation of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, a feat that will undoubtedly impress any reader who encountered that literary leviathan in its original language.”LINKS: Monkey: https://monkeymagazine.org/ Interview: https://bit.ly/3DoyfJb Asia Society: https://bit.ly/3n6kGYU J-Times: https://bit.ly/30n18XM The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan　　The outro was「ロシヤのパン」by たま, available at https://bit.ly/3kBJUgl The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound. Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show

In this episode, I speak with Steve about his trip to the US and back...under pandemic restrictions. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan　　The outro was “Cheap Ambition” by NORIKIYO / 相模川町 available at https://bit.ly/3C1gvTf The intro was Common People by William Shatner: https://bit.ly/3F9yFTS Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show