In this episode we discuss how schools are beginning to ban chat GPT and whether this is a good move, as well as Kishida's top aid being fired for anti LGBTQI+ remarks.  

Links to the articles are below.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/04/national/politics-diplomacy/masayoshi-arai-japan-same-sex-marriage-hate/

https://www.9news.com.au/national/artificial-intelligence-victorian-state-schools-to-block-access-to-chatgpt/222417a3-b1f6-483c-ab5a-89a139635bb4

In this episode we discuss Novak's father showing support for Russia's war in Ukraine and how Japanese universities are setting quotas to increase the number of female professors.

Link to articles are below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5j3B-PvLl/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230118/p2a/00m/0op/011000c

In this episode we discuss the importance of helping people understand medical language when living outside your home country, and how a woman with a 10 million yen debt to a host club became a prostitute to pay her debt back.

Links are below

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/23/national/crime-legal/host-club-prostitution/?cx_testId=16&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=0&cx_experienceId=EXCQMYRTC2XB#cxrecs_s

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/language-barrier-getting-in-the-way-of-migrant-health/101874334?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

In this episode we try to cope with the shock the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, resigning.  Then we have a discussion on Weed in Japan.

Below are the links to the articles discussed.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-19/jacinda-ardern-announces-resignation-as-nz-prime-minister/101871232

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjp73v/japan-weed-marijuana-drugs-pension-fund

In this Episode we look at how different states in Australia all have different rules on public holidays, then look at how in Japan there is a shortage of teachers and try to work out why. 

The articels used are linked below

https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-day-2023-trading-hours-whats-open-closed-january-26-state-by-state-guide/1cd0ef8c-06f9-4269-83fc-9f1c1f18a763

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14819509

In the episode we discuss how news articles use bad quality data to come to conclusions, then look at the idea of cultural appropriation.

Below are the articles used as stimulus for this episode.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-13/australia-most-affordable-and-expensive-suburbs-to-rent-/101845398

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230113/p2a/00m/0na/022000c

Haruka feels terrible about how she explained herself in the last episode (I didn't see the issue and think I explained myself just as badly despite speaking in my first language).  Here is a special episode, recorded exclusively in Japanese to clear the air.  Just like in regular episodes though, there isn't any real conclusion.

In this episode, we take a new approach and focus on one article/topic.

This episodes includes plenty of disagreement and an unclear conclusion!

A link to the article sparking this discussion is below.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/the-top-10-highest-paying-jobs-in-australia-where-you-dont-need-a-degree/0747b41f-cd4c-4ee3-889f-2f931f03782f

This episode we discuss an article about how to avoid being caught up in a scam, as well as a new form of tourism involving explosives. 

Links to the articles/videos discussed are below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLLA2VPD0b/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/2301/

In this episode we discuss how most people fail to acheive their New Years resolutions, as well as how the Japanese government is now paying families to leave Tokyo.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101787132

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/million-yen-per-child-to-leave-tokyo-japans-offer-to-families