Our progress as a species moves forward in nearly every quantifiable way from poverty to education, but this does not mean that our success or failure overall has ever ceased its balancing act on a razor's edge. Where race is concerned certainly we've moved ahead as well but to think we've found some perfect understanding of each other would be naive. Japan as an ancient mono-culture offers a fascinating look into this very difficult topic and serves as the starting point for this week's podcast. To not dive to deep the second portion is given over to discussing how to find housing in Japan as well as significant time spent answering emails. What, for example, is the advice you'd give a family coming to live in Japan and many other questions.