This is the DIJ News segment, where Mike Burke and I babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we delve into the Olympics, the vaccine rollout, the shelving of a recent LGBT bill and much much more. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanLINKS: Japan court limits toilet use for trans people: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/cb976699595f-japan-court-rules-toilet-use-limit-for-transgender-official-legal.html?fbclid=IwAR2UMwCjqncH-7IkATBnw2cojRsbtvVurd9hc_kI3MWvKqLRnmp9nQUOSsw US Adds Japan to Do-Not-Travel List: https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-adds-japan-travel-covid-19-advisory-list/story?id=77877397&fbclid=IwAR3m9Nq9byzaWIGZ05UTMYjG9k6aCvyGmoDyeEyz_aCNk7LX8yCiolCOntQ The Asashi Shimbun calls for the cancelation of the Olympics: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14357907?fbclid=IwAR3vFNxwEK5bZE5vh-vJ0A-p4XbfhWUfQYPDOFAcY6U4EtNR674USuOev1U IOC says it won’t cancel games regardless of public opinion: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31433044/international-olympic-committee-says-public-opinion-cancel-tokyo-games?fbclid=IwAR2bxwMrEuwe_-vEb0Fe8rM_WMqY6mENix4xXEKBltq0y_mN_HcI-9XKX34Japan seeks to stop sex offender educators from return to work: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/b4150eb378a5-japan-moves-to-stop-sex-offender-teachers-from-returning-to-classroom.html?fbclid=IwAR3m9Nq9byzaWIGZ05UTMYjG9k6aCvyGmoDyeEyz_aCNk7LX8yCiolCOntQ LGBT equality bill is shelved: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/3fc62c7d5482-japan-ruling-party-shelves-submitting-lgbt-bill-to-diet-session.html?fbclid=IwAR2UMwCjqncH-7IkATBnw2cojRsbtvVurd9hc_kI3MWvKqLRnmp9nQUOSsw Books referenced: The Elephant in the Brain - Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson The Rise of Victimhood Culture - Campbell and Manning MUSIC: The outro was “Happy Newspaper” by Mom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKmfksdaGZs&ab_channel=MomMomVerified 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