From ponytails being banned for being too stimulating, to UNIQLO's flip-flop about being in Russia, to The Ring's Sadako starting her own daily life vlog, Mitch and Alex talk about everything happening in Japan now!

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Articles from this week's episode:

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/180692ba62b6-japan-eyes-entry-of-most-foreign-students-waiting-amid-covid-by-end-may.html

https://japantoday.com/category/business/uniqlo-defends-decision-to-stay-open-in-russia

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/mar/10/uniqlo-suspends-operations-russia-u-turn-fashion

https://www.global.jcb/en/info/20220308.html 

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/002be5a1fdd6-japan-accepts-8-people-displaced-by-russian-invasion-of-ukraine.html Good job, 8.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/japan-airlines-route-london/

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14566964

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-03/the-ghosn-saga-and-what-it-says-about-japan-quicktake

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/57c1d24b17e6-japan-marks-11th-anniversary-of-quake-disaster-fukushima-crisis.html

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/12/all-tokyo-public-high-schools-abolish-rules-forcing-students-to-dye-non-black-hair-underwear-color-regs/

https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/ponytails-considered-too-stimulating-in-kagoshima-junior-high-schools/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/12/ntt-wants-you-to-remember-the-tohoku-earthquake-by-remembering-the-phone-numbers-of-loved-ones/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/11/new-president-of-chile-receives-pokemon-from-japanese-diplomat%e3%80%90videos%e3%80%91/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/11/giant-gundams-occupy-yokohama-as-part-of-gundam-port-yokohama-art-project%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/11/family-mart-convenience-stores-will-stop-offering-plastic-forks-recommends-chopsticks-instead/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/11/former-uniqlo-employee-starts-clothing-alterations-service-for-people-with-disabilities/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/10/japans-favorite-anti-piracy-mascots-become-fashion-models/

https://soranews24.com/2022/03/09/sadako-now-has-her-own-youtube-channel-hopes-to-upload-videos-about-her-daily-life/

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