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Love Death + Torches - This Week In Japan


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Content warning for Homophobia, Transphobia, and general anti-LGBT bigotry starting at 14:45. Skip to 20:15.

Editor's Note: Jon's Japanese tongue twister does not mean "The customer next to me is eating white peaches". Instead, it means "The customer next to me is eating lots of persimmons".

This Week In Japan: The legendary missing python has been discovered in an unexpected location, a train driver takes world's riskiest sh*t, Japanese officials debate LGBT discrimination, foreigners banned from dinner, President Macron announces visit to Japan, and Jon poses as a reporter to see the Olympic Torch relay.

Also, Kentaro Miura, creator of the legendary manga Beserk, passes away.

Sources:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210522/k10013045901000.html?utm_int=all_side_ranking-access_001

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210520/k10013042571000.html

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210521/p2a/00m/0na/032000c

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210522/k10013044921000.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/20/kentaro-miura-creator-of-bestselling-manga-berserk-dies-aged-54

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210521/p2g/00m/0na/075000c

 

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Jon's Note: I Like my homosexuals FLAMiNg, no WAIT NOT LIKE THAT!

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