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Articles from this week's episode

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221217/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221216/p2a/00m/0na/005000c

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/12/567fa510932a-focus-contentious-major-defense-policy-shift-shows-japan-wariness-of-china.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/14/japan-chooses-war-as-kanji-of-the-year-amid-ukraine-conflict-and-abe-assassination

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/12/7e4e182cf649-japan-new-year-domestic-trips-forecast-at-72-of-pre-pandemic-levels.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-turns-back-nuclear-power-tackle-energy-crisis-2022-12-16/

https://www.ucanews.com/news/japans-teachers-battle-for-change/99752

https://soranews24.com/2022/12/18/theres-a-new-worlds-largest-anime-robot-statue-and-its-not-in-japan%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/whbliy/amazing_saint_seiya_mural_in_mexico_not_my_vid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://soranews24.com/2022/12/16/ash-and-pikachu-are-stepping-down-as-the-main-characters-of-the-pokemon-anime%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

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