Hikikomori

Ogino Ginko is known as the "first woman to practice Westernised medicine" in Japan. The number of hurdles she had to cross in order to get there was immense. 140 years later, attitudes towards women in medicine have not advanced as far as one would have hoped...

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Hektoen International - Ogino Ginko
• Mara Patessio - Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement
• Japan Times - Ogino Ginko article
• Wikipedia - Ogino Ginko
• Japanese Wikipedia - Ogino Ginko
• BBC - Japan medical schools scandal
• Guardian - TMU scandal 1
• Guardian - TMU scandal 2
• Washington Post - TMU Scandal
• Asahi Shimbun - St Marianna sued
• Journal of Educational Integrity - TMU entrance exams scandal
• Mainichi Shimbun - University refuses to accept responsibility
• Asia-Pacific Journal - A Necessary Evil?
• YouTube - TMU executives apologise poorly
• Japan Times - TMU subsidies withdrawn
• Asahi Shimbun - Legal ruling against TMU
• YouTube - Seikou Nagaoka - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Masayoshi Son is a tremendously wealthy man, and the founder of megacorp SoftBank. He's also the creator of the SoftBank Vision Fund, the largest venture capital fund in the world. Despite being responsible for the investment of over $100 billion dollars to "improve the world", the Vision Fund has made countless unfathomable decisions... such as a $47 billion dollar investment in WeWork.

Today's guest is Tara! You can find her on Twitter @Tara__Tea, and her podcast Wintercrest @WintercrestPod.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Reuters article on SoftBank losses
• WSJ article on SoftBank losses
• Value Walk - 10 of the worst Vision Fund investments
• YouTube - SoftBank's worst investments
• Yahoo Finance - Bio on Masayoshi Son
• DataDrivenInvestor - Masayoshi compares himself to Jesus
• Business Insider - Uber scandals
• Fast Company - Neumann and Son
• YouTube - ColdFusion video on WeWork

Often described as a Renaissance Man, Itoi has been influential in several walks of life, from ad copy to manga, from lyrics to computer games. Let's explore the life of this unlikely cultural hero.

Today's guest is my good friend Ben Stonick! You can find him on Twitter @benstonick!

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Switchaboo - Biography series on Itoi
• Hobo Nikkan - Itoi's website
• Yomuka - blog on Itoi's career in advertisement
• EarthBound Wiki - Biography on Itoi
• Wikipedia - Shigesato Itoi
• Super Eyepatch Wolf - How MOTHER 3 breaks you
• Kenji Sawada - TOKIO
• Itoi's Twitter Account

In 1982, Kazuko Fukuda committed a heinous crime. She spent the next 15 years on the run.

Today's guest is Jessy, my co-host from Final Fanservice! You can find her on Twitter @jusifers, and her podcast Naruto Reviewto @NarutoReviewto!

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Unseen Japan article on Kazuko Fukuda
• Medium blog piece by S. A. Ozbourne
• Tokyo Reporter article on Kazuko Fukuda
• Japanese Wikipedia on Kazuko Fukuda
• Japanese Wikipedia on the Matsuyama Prison Case

Content Warning: It's brutal. Domestic abuse, torture, rape, murder

We conclude our explorations into the heinous crimes of Futoshi Matsunaga, with the elimination of the Ogata family and on-going torture of those around him. It's real fucking bad, guys.

Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Medium blog by S.A. Ozbourne
• Unknown Misandry blog
• Chubun article
• Japan Times Weekly article
• Japan Times - death sentence
• Murderpedia article
• Wikipedia - DSED
• Wikipedia - Futoshi Matsunaga
• Wikipedia - Junko Ogata
• Japanese Wikipedia on the case
• YouTube Channel - I am the Son of Futoshi Matsunaga

Content Warning: It's brutal. Domestic abuse, torture, rape, murder

Futoshi Matsunaga was a conman, romancing, deceiving and defrauding women out of huge sums of money. This would be terrible enough if it weren't for his penchant of using electric shocks as torture, and the horrifying series of murders he orchestrated.

Today's guest is Nika Howard! You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Medium blog by S.A. Ozbourne
• Unknown Misandry blog
• Chubun article
• Japan Times Weekly article
• Japan Times - death sentence
• Murderpedia article
• Wikipedia - DSED
• Wikipedia - Futoshi Matsunaga
• Wikipedia - Junko Ogata
• Japanese Wikipedia on the case
• YouTube Channel - I am the Son of Futoshi Matsunaga

Yuko Chino was the cult leader who used her belief system, Chino-Shoho, to gather followers together, with the stated goal of scientific research that would help save the world from disasters. This pseudo-scientific commune, called the Pana-Wave Laboratory, made headlines in 2003 when it attempted to avert the end of the world by kidnapping an artic seal.

Today's guest is Jessy, my co-host from Final Fanservice! You can find her on Twitter @jusifers, and her podcast Naruto Reviewto @NarutoReviewto!

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Cult Education Institute, by Salvador Murguia
• A world according to Pana -Wave Laboratory: An extreme response to globalization in Japan, by Salvador Murguia
• Religion and Risk: Pana-Wave Laboratory and the Risk Society, by Salvador Murguia
• Yuko Chino givers her first interview, Sydney Morning Herald
• Doomsday cult makes waves in Japan, The Guardian
• MacArthur pondered Showa conversion, Japan Times
• Chino Shoho's quirks pose no threat, Japan Times
• Pana Wave, Wikipedia
• Tama-Chan, Wikipedia

Content Warning - Discussions of Child Sexual Abuse.

Johnny Kitagawa is Japan's most successful music producer of all time, having represented artists for over 50 years. His company, Johnny & Associates, are notorious for bullying, blackmail, control and monopolies. There have also been more troubling accusations about Kitagawa since the early 90s...

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Guardian article 1
• Guardian article 2
• New York Times - SMAP breaking up
• Nikkei - Fair Trade Commission warns J&A
• Twitter Thread on J&A
• New York Times - Accusations against Kitagawa
• Variety - Abuse of Power

Content Warning - Prolonged Peril in an Aircraft

On the 12th October 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 was on route from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Osaka International. After catastrophic decompression in the aft bulkhead, the pilots wrestled for 32 minutes to keep the plane in the air.

What resulted was the worst loss of life from a single-plane crash in world history.

Today's guest is Hugo! You can find him via his Twitter page.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Exterior Simulation of JAL 123 crash by Gohan-Chan
• Cockpit POV Simulation of JAL 123 crash by Gohan-Chan
• Fire on the Mountain by Admiral Cloudberg on Medium
• Article on 35th Anniversary by Japan Times
• Accident Report
• Wikipedia

We return to the storied history of the Shinsengumi, covering their rise in fame, power, influence and... indiscriminate murder.

Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her Twitter page, or listen to the excellent Greetings Adventurers podcast for which she helps produce!

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough (2005)
• Wikipedia - Serizawa Kamo
• Japanese Wiki Corpus - Serizawa Kamo