Living Japan

It is Episode 81 and the Living Japan crew are fired up to talk about the most recent Sumo controversy, shed some light on the troubles the sport has had in the past decade and then wrap it all up by discussing some ongoing gender issues in our home of Japan! Thank you for listening! Please like us on Facebook and rate and review us on iTunes!

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On Episode 80, the Living Japan crew discusses about the call for volunteers to work at the Tokyo Olympics, asking for high skills professionals not only to donate their job, but to also cover all their expenses to work at the event. Is the organizing committee asking too much from these medical and language professionals? We also talk a little bit of the bitcoin and cryptocurrency craze and the recent hack that took place in Japan. Finally, for our main topic, we talk about one of the many faces of poverty in Japan: the net cafe refugees. Join us while we talk about the difficulties that these new type of homeless people face and as we discuss about the popular myth that says that “there is no poverty in Japan”.

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Hello Everyone!

We are back for a whole new season of Living Japan Podcast. This year we made the commitment to at least do 25 new episodes!

On episode 79 Motoi, Brent and Edgar discuss the Coming of Age ceremony that usually takes place during the first month of the year, the different styles of kimono the new adults wear and some problems that didn’t allow some kids enjoy the ceremony as they wished for.

Join the discussion, let us know what you think. Is there a similar ceremony in your country? What types of coming of age ceremonies or rites exist in your culture?

Let us know in the comments!

The Living Japan got together one last time before the end of the year to share some of the latest news that have been happening in Japan. Motoi, Brent and Edgar discuss about the accusations against the author of the famous manga Rurouni Kenshin as well as the recent problems that companies like Subaru and Kobe Steel have been facing.

Join the discussion, let us know what you think. Is it ok to enjoy the work of an artists/creator after he has been proved to have committed a horrible crime?

Let us know in the comments.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners from Motoi, Brent and Edgar.

We look in depth at the recent incident where a high school student in Osaka was not allowed to attend class for having different hair. We also talk about single families. Kind of a somber episode all things considered.

Edgar is off to his homeland living Brent alone to edit and put out this episode. That can’t be good.

But there is good news! A new episode!! The three of us got together and had a nice chat that went from the use of bicycles in everyday life, what to do if a bike gets stolen, crime and then how community plays into all of this.