The bois are back in town!
Jon is has finally returned to the UK, and is jet-lagged as all hell. In this episode, we give a quick run-down of the closing of the 2021 Olympic Games, a giant pumpkin fighting a typhoon, and Jon's adventures in international flights.
Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/tokyo-olympics-comes-to-a-close-with-anime-opening-at-closing-ceremonys-ska-remix%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/
https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/tv-asahi-staffers-party-after-closing-ceremony-1-hospitalized-after-tumbling-out-of-bar/
https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/japans-new-canned-curry-is-ready-to-drink-and-ready-to-delight-the-curry-loving-nation/
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29 Jul 2021
The Great Candy Heist 1984 - This Week In Japan
The Geeks & Gaijins Season Finale! It's our final episode on-location in Japan! The sun is shining (too much), the Olympics are in full swing (unfortunately), and there are no fun crimes stories this week (predictably). So join us on a trip back in time to 1984, as Jon regales us with the story of the Glico-Morinaga Extortion Case.
Also in this episode: Ghibli Museum fundraising, delicious non-radioactive peaches, and yet another typhoon.
Thanks to everyone who's listened in to us over the last two years. This podcast has been very important to the both of us during this time, and we're grateful to every open ear who shared in our joy, anger, and general nonsense throughout.
We'll be back in two weeks with a slightly revamped format, but the same lunacy as ever. Same Geek-Time, same Gaijin-Channel.
Until then, Sayonara Japan!
Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-19/the-ghibli-museum-meets-10-million-yen-crowdfunding-goal-in-24-hours/.175253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics
https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/118577
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14401598
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57959891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glico_Morinaga_case
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22 Jul 2021
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat - This Week In Japan
Enter the Nyanopticon
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally about to start, Japan continues to be buffered by articles about just how badly things are going. This week features a tag-team of trouble, with Thomas Bach exacerbating the public's anger at the IOC, and Keigo Oyamada being announced as composer for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, in spite of a history of abusive behaviour.
Before all that though, there's robot cat ears that read your brain waves, a way to stop crime without actually doing anything, and consuming the faces of beloved anime characters.
Enjoy!
Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/19/japans-brain-wave-reading-cat-ears-are-back-with-a-brand-new-twist/
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14387529
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14398503
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/15/national/bach-hiroshima-visit/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210717/p2a/00m/0sp/020000c
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14396489
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14397380
https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1416812548217835520
http://www.japansubculture.com/japans-olympic-composer-tortured-disabled-children-and-the-olympic-committee-says-to-the-world-eat-shit-no-problem/#.YPKTX84AZ_w.twitter
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2021/07/17/composer-forced-disabled-classmates-eat-faeces-masturbate-will/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/20/cornelius-resigns-from-olympics-suddenly-pulled-from-sony-webpage-and-nhk-shows-too/
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