Small Talk Japan

Cameras on trains, drinking with coworkers, and "toilet mode" gamer onesies! Mitch and Alex talk about all things Japan!

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Articles for the week:

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/28670f8f00db-urgent-kishida-hints-at-review-of-japans-re-entry-restrictions-over-omicron.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/66ebb4973799-japan-mulls-mandatory-security-camera-installation-on-trains.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/7887b0156f4b-60-see-drinking-with-colleagues-to-deepen-ties-as-unnecessary.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/4cb858f9f12f-france-issues-arrest-warrant-for-japanese-woman-over-parental-kidnap.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/0a84bb6430a7-urgent-tokyo-olympics-cost-less-than-budgeted-need-for-extra-money-unlikely.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/b38433927c1e-taiwan-contingency-also-one-for-japan-japan-us-alliance-abe.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/d96cfaeb6a11-tokyo-to-start-flagging-electric-scooter-users-for-minor-offenses.html

https://soranews24.com/2021/12/04/mcdonalds-japan-adds-a-beef-stew-pie-to-the-menu-with-an-epic-commercial-to-mark-the-release/

https://soranews24.com/2021/12/04/japanese-bus-driver-chases-down-groper-who-targeted-18-year-old-girl-on-his-vehicle/

https://soranews24.com/2021/12/03/blanket-for-gamers-comes-with-toilet-mode-has-japanese-twitter-in-stitches/

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From execution to extra packed pizza with golden chopsticks, Mitch and Alex talk about all things Japan!

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan

Articles for the week:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14486545

https://gentosha-go.com/articles/-/38909?per_page=1

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211126_31/

https://shopmokomoko.com/blogs/moko-blog/theres-an-underwater-mailbox-in-susami-japan-that-collects-1-500-pieces-of-mail-a-year

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0008028548

https://unseenjapan.com/uniqlo-clean-clothes-campaign-indonesia/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211120/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/e3350c504173-jr-east-launches-bullet-train-office-cars-amid-telework-demand.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/8e64f034fc76-baseball-star-ohtani-turns-down-top-japan-government-award.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/e1852d6fd7f6-dollar-climbs-to-115-yen-highest-since-march-2017.html

https://www.bauhutte.jp/product/bpa001/

https://japantoday.com/category/features/food/japanese-convenience-store-chain-running-out-of-fried-chicken-takes-precautions-to-save-christmas?

Check out our sponsors! 

STAPLETON 英会話: https://stapleton.me/ Online classes! 

DROPS Hair: http://drops-hair.jp/ 

If you are interested in the equipment we use, check out the links below! 

mic https://amzn.to/3gtJapQ 

mixer XLR USB https://amzn.to/2XtQ8SL 

camera https://amzn.to/2ZwsLuu 

headphones  https://amzn.to/2TAYt64 

amp  https://amzn.to/3ehnfQM

From execution to extra packed pizza with golden chopsticks, Mitch and Alex talk about all things Japan!

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan

Articles for the week:

https://soranews24.com/2021/11/16/shinkansen-conductor-caught-playing-gps-smartphone-game-on-bullet-train-for-ten-years/

https://soranews24.com/2021/11/19/dominos-offers-gold-chopsticks-to-customers-in-japan/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/18/national/delta-variant-self-destruction-theory/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/20/national/media-national/japan-death-penalty-lawsuit-2/

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/7f86bd9bdb3a-feature-ousted-myanmar-leader-suu-kyis-japanese-sword-restored.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/6fd997880f44-japan-to-allow-5000-entrants-daily-under-eased-covid-restrictions.html

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32662673/shohei-ohtani-los-angeles-angels-unanimously-wins-al-mvp

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/dc3d075f2e8a-breaking-news-japan-to-spend-record-557-trillion-yen-for-economic-stimulus.html

Check out our sponsors! 

STAPLETON 英会話: https://stapleton.me/ Online classes! 

DROPS Hair: http://drops-hair.jp/ 

From delay fees to statues of animals so ugly they are cute, Mitch and Natsuki talk about all things Japan!

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan

Articles we talked about:

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https://japantoday.com/category/natio...

https://soranews24.com/2021/11/11/eig...

https://soranews24.com/2021/11/10/fir...

Deepl: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator

Check out our sponsors! 

STAPLETON 英会話: https://stapleton.me/ Online classes! 

DROPS Hair: http://drops-hair.jp/ 

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan

Articles we talked about:

Articles we talked about:    

Alex's People of Kagoshima interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6dGE...

Japan COVID numbers finally going down, earthquakes in Kagoshima, Aomori, and Tokyo, discounts for vaccinated people, Go to Travel 2, Nobel prize winner, and more! Those are the topics for this week's episode of Small Talk Japan!

Japan lifting COVID-19 restrictions, Japan's newest prime minister, ARAHI's Aiba and Sho getting married and the idol life, and the revival of festivals in Japan! Those are the topics for this week's episode of Small Talk Japan!