Deep In Japan

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest SoraNews24 storiesーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we introduce you to a 3-minute dango recipe that will knock your tabis off, explore the latest innovations in Japanese cereal mixology, give the play-by-play breakdown of an odd 7-11 crime, and uncover a new gachapon craze. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210LINKS: You can now buy text messages from “your Mom” from Japanese capsule toy machineshttps://soranews24.com/2021/05/31/you-can-now-buy-text-messages-from-your-mom-from-japanese-capsule-toy-machines/ Is milk really the best match for cereal? Why not try beer and these five other liquids?https://soranews24.com/2021/05/30/is-milk-really-the-best-match-for-cereal-why-not-try-beer-and-these-five-other-liquids/ This pork-wrapped Japanese dessert recipe is outs

This is the DIJ News segment, where Mike Burke and I babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we delve into the Olympics, the vaccine rollout, the shelving of a recent LGBT bill and much much more. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanLINKS: Japan court limits toilet use for trans people: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/cb976699595f-japan-court-rules-toilet-use-limit-for-transgender-official-legal.html?fbclid=IwAR2UMwCjqncH-7IkATBnw2cojRsbtvVurd9hc_kI3MWvKqLRnmp9nQUOSsw US Adds Japan to Do-Not-Travel List: https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-adds-japan-travel-covid-19-advisory-list/story?id=77877397&fbclid=IwAR3m9Nq9byzaWIGZ05UTMYjG9k6aCvyGmoDyeEyz_aCNk7LX8yCiolCOntQ The Asashi Shimbun calls for the cancelation of the Olympics: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/1435

Roland Kelts is a Tokyo-based writer, journalist, scholar, and authority on Japanese and Western cultures. His first book, Japanamerica, has been described as "the ultimate guide to Japan's pop culture juggernaut — required reading for many Hollywood producers, global artists, and academics worldwide." Currently, Roland splits his time between editing the literary magazine "Monkey: New Writing from Japan" and teaching literature as visiting professor at Waseda University.The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan* LINKS * MONKEY: https://monkeymagazine.org/NIKKEI Asia: Japan's obsession with perfection is an Olympic-sized problem: https://s.nikkei.com/3yQWptZTHE FIFTH FLAVOR: Boundaries of Taste: Umami gives identity and intricacy to mother’s milk, a bowl of ramen, a writer poised between Japan and America:

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we talk about entropy, cats, the meaning of life, Japanese titty bars, and the death of Wishma Rathnayake, a migrant from Sri Lanka who died while being held at a detention center for overstaying her visa. For more info on Wishma, check out the following: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/world/asia/japan-refugee-wishma-rathnayake.htmlThe Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The outro was “Entropy” by Science Rap Academy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9phNoroqs&ab_channel=ScienceWithTom The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we entertain a question: What it would be like if the old, prewar imperial system were restored and Trevor was the emperor? What would be Emperor Trevor’s first 10 imperial edicts? The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The outro was “Unbelievable” by JIROW WONDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCMA31LpAgE The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Nancy Snow, an American professor and scholar of propaganda and public diplomacy, about her latest book, Japan's Information War, Japan's "Cool Japan" PR campaign, the 2021 Olympics, feminism in Japan, and many, many other things. For a full bio and bibliography of Nancy, visit her website: https://nancysnow.com/The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanThe outro was “Cool Japan" by Down to Funk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRG_K0l1qU&ab_channel=ALIThe intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show (https://www.patreo

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we discuss Showa Day and other Japanese holidays: specifically analyzing which holidays have a connection with the emperor system. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210LINKS: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (without subs): https://bit.ly/32ZfqeM A stable torrent for the film with English subs: https://bit.ly/3u3khrm The article on Japan’s human pyramids: https://shorturl.at/uPX17 MUSIC: The outro was “Banzai” by CHEHON: https://shorturl.at/uyKPY The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podca

In this episode, we speak with Roger Pulvers about his most recent book, My Japan: A Cultural Memoir. Pulvers is an American-born Australian playwright, novelist, film director, theater director, and translator who has lived the better part of 50 years in Japan. Over the course of his long and prolific career, he has published more than 50 books in Japanese and English, and was assistant to the director on the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.” Pulvers has translated works from Russian, Polish and Japanese, among them Gogol's "The Government Inspector," plays by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, the poetry of Miyazawa Kenji and Ishikawa Takuboku, and novels by Inoue Hisashi. His latest novels are “Liv” and "The Dream of Lafcadio Hearn," both published by Balestier Press. He wrote the screenplay for and directed the film "Star Sand," based on his novel of the same name. The film was released widely around Japan in 2017.The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, as you can see from the links below, we were all over the map. Unfortunately, by some strange twist of fate, the last hour of the show was somehow lost. So apologies for that. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210LINKS: The Nike Hafu CM: https://bit.ly/3g0A3PA Enneagram: https://bit.ly/3uIIqmY Self-Actualization Test: https://bit.ly/3a4FFUY Alex Jones Indie Folk Song: https://bit.ly/32bB5zW Otaku geek makeovers: https://bit.ly/3mFQJ09 Adult Fanta: https://bit.ly/3a6tya8 Mr. Donut’s Glossy Green Tea donut: https://bit.ly/3sdWl2D Life 3.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_3.0 David Icke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke Art Bell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell Architects and

With all apologies, I should here note that this episode has nothing to do with Japan. Do check out The Midnight Gospel on Netflix, though. It's fucking amazing. As is The Queen's Gambit I hear.The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The outro song was "Tokyo Sabaku" by Hiroshi Uchiyama & the Cool Five: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxX2sisLo…nnel=tobytoby1973Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/- deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show

In this episode, we speak with documentarian David Elliot-Jones about his recent film, Big in Japan. The film follows David on his journey to become famous in Japan and highlights other foreign 'talento' along the way. Big in Japan is available on Amazon Prime, Vimeo, iTunes, and Google Play. Find out more by visiting https://www.biginjapandoc.com/ The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanThe musical outro was Big in Japan by Alphaville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU&ab_channel=RHINO The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, after touching on a few news stories, by some twist of conversational fate, we fell head-first into Japan's long, dark, and deep BDSM rope-play rabbit hole, discovering the father of modern kinpaku, Seiu Ito, whose life became the subject of director Noboru Tanaka's classic 1977 Nikkatsu Roman porno film Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210LINKS: The Wiki on Seiyu Ito: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiu_ItoThe Wiki on Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty%27s_Exotic_Dance:_Torture! (Note that you will need to manually add the exclamation mark at the end to get this link working) Japanese ranking of Kimetsu n

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210LINKS: Some Japanese elementary schools don’t let kids wear underwear during P.E., and parents are madhttps://soranews24.com/2021/03/12/some-japanese-elementary-schools-dont-let-kids-wear-underwear-during-p-e-and-parents-are-mad/We eat hoya sea squirts out of a can, enjoy a tasty regional delicacy from the comfort of homehttps://soranews24.com/2021/03/12/we-eat-hoya-sea-squirts-out-of-a-can-enjoy-a-tasty-regional-delicacy-from-the-comfort-of-home/Japanese government workers punished for leaving work two minutes earlyhttps://soranews24.com/2021/03/15/japanese-government-workers-punished-for-leaving-work-two-minutes-early/Test your knowledge of Ghost of Tsushima’s geog

In this episode, I invite back scholars Mike Burke and Ted Bonnah to explore the concepts of "good" and "bad" foreigners in Japan. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanThe musical outro was "Sadistic" by Mika Band. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Links: 1. Is There a Universal Need For Positive Self-Regard? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12741494_Is_There_a_Universal_Need_for_Positive_Self-Regard2. The Islamic Community Does Not and Cannot Exist: https://areomagazine.com/2021/02/23/the-islamic-community-does-not-and-cannot-exist/Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, we talk about the hot new Netflix show, Age of Samurai, take a deep-dive into Cobra Kai and Pat Morita, among other things. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The musical outro was COBRA KAI - Slither. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, Jeff gives a personal update on his daughter Sakura's school life, and then it's off to the topic races with an exploration of Burger King's latest creation: "Super Magma Hottest Meat Wall" one-pound burger, the latest craze in gachapon, the results of a recent NHK fee ruling, and China's unique method to test for COVID on Japanese tourists (Hint: it involves assholes). The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The musical outro was 味噌汁’s - OKAN GOMEN. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.LINKS: Little Sister Letters: https://soranews24.com/2021/03/02/who-actually-writes-jap

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, Jeff dips into the Podcast Vault and pulls out a lost Happy Hour episode about Black Friday, Gaming, and TV shopping. Enjoy! The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The musical outro was by Scientist - "Dance of the Vampires" - KJAH Radio - GTA III. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show

In this episode, Steve recounts his experience losing his job earlier this week. The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapanThe musical outro was Keep Winning by PEAVIS featuring KAISH. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show

This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related newsーor anything at all whatsoever. This week, our favorite two knuckleheads continue on their quest to sell out and get paid by appealing to anime and manga fans. The discussion gets a bit heated and downright awkward at times but then any discussion on such a deeply personal topic as anime is bound to get one’s dander up! Who are Jeff's and Trevor's favorite waifu? What is their favorite anime of the winter 2021 season? And what is their favorite pokemon? Find out this and much, much more on the Anime Hour Podcast!The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The musical outro was『Gurenge』by LiSA, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba opening song. The outro was Twilight by the Electric Light Orchestra. Got something to say? You can find

In this episode, we speak with Matt Alt about his amazing new book, Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World, the untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured - and transformed - the world's imagination, from karaoke and the Walkman to anime and emoji.The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210The musical outro was Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - deep.in.japan.podcast@gmail.comAs always, thanks for listening!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan)