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Tokyo Wave

Feb 26, 2023

How will PM Kishida finance his ambitious plans to increase both defense and child care spending? Will raising the consumption tax and other taxes be inevitable? Aaron and Parker discuss January's foreign entries to Japan hitting 1.5 million, the trade deficit at a record 3.5 trillion yen on energy imports, and a local...


Feb 19, 2023

What has happened in the aftermath of a viral video featuring a revolving sushi restaurant patron displaying gross behavior? Is conveyor belt sushi fun and kitschy or cheap and not that tasty? Aaron and Parker discuss Japan potentially enacting an LGBT law before this year's G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Mitsubishi...


Feb 10, 2023

What did the phone scam crime group led by a mysterious man who called himself “Luffy” and “Kim Jong Un” avoid the long arm of the Japanese lawman by hiding in a Philippines prison? Aaron and Parker discuss the ex-deputy manager of Tokyo 2020 test event body getting busted in a bid-rigging case, Honda’s...