In this episode, we speak with British foreign correspondent and writer, Richard Lloyd Parry, to the show. Richard is the Asia Editor of The Times of London, based in Tokyo, and is the author of, among other things, the critically acclaimed People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman, and Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone. LINKS: Check out Richard’s latest talk, “Akihito and the Sorrows of Japan” available at https://shorturl.at/aixEJSUPPORT: The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210COMMUNITY: Want the inside scoop on all Deep in Japan content? Join the Deep in Japan Facebook discussion group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapanMUSIC: The intro track was an original mashup of some Fist of the Northstar clips with “Dubstep” by Ben Sound. The outro was Buck-Tick'S "MOONLIGHT ESCAPE" available at https://shorturl.at/enoADCONTACT: Got something to say? You can email me at [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show