In this week's episode: Japanese politicians keep putting their feet in their mouths this time over motherhood and raising children, Japan continues to hunt and kill whales for “research purposes” (whatever that means) and their catch this year yields some horrific information, the Japanese government is opening the doors for more foreign workers to enter the country but there’s a catch — actually, a few of them — we tell you what they are, she rented a room in a couple’s home until she could get another place but she ended up abused and tortured — J-horror at it’s finest hits the news in Japan yet again plus the major influx of athletes and tourists for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympics have one company hoping it will help “prop up” their sales so we get “down to business” with that story all on Japan Today this week.

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This weeks stories:

Putting Their Foot in It — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/men-rearing-toddlers-an-unwelcome-idea-says-ruling-party-exec

Whale of a Problem — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-whale-hunt-killed-122-pregnant-minkes

Japan Wants You? — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-welcome-500-000-foreign-workers-to-help-plug-labor-shortage

GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en

Rooms & Board — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/couple-arrested-for-abusing-25-year-old-woman-at-their-home-for-two-months

Gettin' it on Games — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Japan%27s-condom-industry-looking-to-benefit-from-Rugby-World-Cup-Tokyo-Olympics