Oct 30, 2020
Writer, translator, Cool Japan Ambassador, global communications specialist, and mahjong expert Benjamin Boas shares his insights on Japan's efforts to use anime and manga to improve its image and the ins and outs of Japanese mahjong culture. Aaron and Parker also discuss local municipalities' war on Halloween,...
Oct 23, 2020
Global communications strategist, public diplomacy professor, and nation branding expert Dr. Nancy Snow shares her insights on Japan's entry restrictions, Japanese soft power diplomacy, and womenomics in the post-Abe era. Aaron and Parker also discuss the ongoing furor among Japanese scholars over the Suga...
Oct 16, 2020
What came out of the latest meeting of the 'Quad' between Japan, India, Australia and the United States? Will the Japanese government move to get rid of hanko and fax machine culture on the orders of Japan's new Prime Minister Suga? Aaron and Parker discuss Japan's decision to exempt business travelers and returnees...
Oct 9, 2020
Will inclusion of Tokyo residents in Japan's Go To Travel program save the travel industry? What caused the Tokyo Stock Exchange to halt trading for an entire day? Aaron and Parker discuss a boy who successfully impersonated another student at a Tokyo elite high school for months, and administrative reform minister Taro...
Oct 2, 2020
When will Japan reopen its borders to tourists? What will the Japanese government do to strengthen its national defense missile system after scrapping plans to introduce Aegis Ashore? Aaron and Parker also discuss a new English site to spread word on Akita dogs and Japan's pandemic-fueled camping boom.