Trevor-kohai was dragged kicking and screaming back into DIJ studios, strapped to a chair, waterboarded with Calpis, and re-educated in the art of podcasting WW2 Japanese Secret Police-style.  The result is this Happy Hour.

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REFERENCES:

• YZERR - guidance (舐達麻 ジャパニーズマゲニーズDiss) Official video
• Shōgun - Official Trailer | Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai | FX
• Rice Planting Song
• The image of a giant Aeon Mall in the middle of impoverished Japanese countryside fittingly describes the country’s whole economy and capitalist existence. Giant corporations literally sucking the country dry, leaching off the work of an underpaid populace. 1/
• 奈良県：37 自然公園面積割合 (Nara Prefecture Park Data) 
• Nara National Park Data
• Yakuza 6: Baseball Battle - Tsuyoshi Nagumo Boss Fight
• Chibatman Interview
• Chibatman: Cruising the streets of Chiba City on his three-wheeled Chibatpod
• Meet Japan's Batman - Chibatman a real-life Dark Knight- BBC News
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Frank Wasted On Plane
• Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
• Why Tourism Doesn't Benefit Japan
• Why did Japan ban everyone except for the Dutch? (Short Animated Documentary on the Dejima System)
• 処理水めぐる迷惑電話“1日1000件超” 中国発の番号に電話すると「排出止められなくても…すっきりした」 北京の日本大使館にはレンガの破片投げ込みも…【news23】｜TBS NEWS DIG
• 処理水放出後 中国から迷惑電話急増 「ずっと鳴ってる」ラーメン店主被害語る(2023年8月27日)
• Connecticut Kia Boyz - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan 
• Ancient Map of Dejima Island (Cover Art) 

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