Japan This Week

96 Episodes

1. Aug. 8, 2025 | 80 years after the Pacific War Japan’s reckoning with history

   Published: 8/15/2025
2. Aug. 1, 2025 | Why these Japanese homes are so cheap (and so creepy)

   Published: 8/15/2025
3. July 18, 2025 | Japan’s far-right surge: Sanseito and ‘Japan First’ politics in 2025

   Published: 8/15/2025
4. July 11, 2025 | Is Trump blowing up Japan-US relations?

   Published: 7/11/2025
5. July 4, 2025 | Japan's newspaper crisis: Losing readers, relevance and the next generation

   Published: 7/4/2025
6. June 27, 2025 | Japan's big heat: June's deadly start to summer

   Published: 6/27/2025
7. June 20, 2025 | Why Japan’s 2,000-year imperial family may not survive this century

   Published: 6/20/2025
8. June 13, 2025 | Why Japan’s J-pop idol industry bans sex, dating and romance

   Published: 6/13/2025
9. June 6, 2025 | Japan’s rice crisis: Why prices are soaring and what’s behind it

   Published: 6/6/2025
10. May 29, 2025 | Why is Nissan failing and what speed bumps lie ahead?

    Published: 5/29/2025
11. May 23, 2025 | Japan’s sex industry boom: How tourism and the yen are changing everything

    Published: 5/23/2025
12. May 16, 2025 | End of the yakuza? Inside Japan’s vanishing underworld

    Published: 5/16/2025
13. May 9, 2025 | Is Japanese media stuck in the past?

    Published: 5/14/2025
14. May 2, 2025 | Why is chikan behavior still so common on Japan's trains?

    Published: 5/2/2025
15. April 25, 2025 |Japan Today Spotlight 14 Osaka Expo 2025 Visionary Showcase or Expensive Misfire Audio Only

    Published: 4/25/2025
16. April 16 , 2025: The bizarre Japanese trend of paying someone to quit your job

    Published: 4/23/2025
17. Jan. 31, 2025 Month in Review: BOJ rate hike, Kyoto tax, record heat, Osaka smoking ban & ¥207M tuna

    Published: 1/31/2025
18. Jan. 24, 2025: Fuji TV scandal, Trump-Ishiba relations, 7-Eleven security, Osaka Expo struggles & Shinto rituals

    Published: 1/24/2025
19. Jan. 17, 2025: Ramen closures, Coming-of-Age Day, suicide leapers, Ghosn accomplice & 110 misuse

    Published: 1/17/2025
20. 2024 Year in Review: Earthquakes, Inflation, Tourist Boom, Ohtani, Yamibaito & Kanji of the Year

    Published: 12/20/2024