Untitled News

About Untitled News

This is a bilingual English and Japanese language podcast, discussing news from Australia and Japan. This podcast gives an international perspective on local news stories and also provides listening practice for learners of both English and Japanese.

Publisher

Matthew Smith

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Dec 2022

Latest episode

12 Nov 2023

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Nov 2023

   Internet outages causing havoc and paying companies to make their employees take paternity leave

   In this episode we discuss how the impact internet outages can have, then discuss a scheme to incentivise fathers to take paternity leave. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231109/p2a/00m/0na/028000c https://www.instagram.com/p/CzW1A-vBswk/?igshid=Y3RpNGR1ZndydThy

2. 

   5 Nov 2023

   Same sex couple gets visa rejected and top 100 bluey episode countdown

   In this episode we discuss the case of an American man in Japan having his partnership visa application denied, potentially due to his partner also being make. We then look at Haruka’s favourite bluey episodes. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231103/p2a/00m/0na/017000c https://www.instagram.com/p/CzPsFEnykgp/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

3. 

   22 Oct 2023

   Encouraging 14 year olds to go to clubs and kabuki suicide pacts

   In this episode we discuss the case of a man encouraging a young girl to go to a club and a kabuki actor assisting his parents to suicide. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231020/p2a/00m/0na/003000c https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/20/japan/crime-legal/kabuki-actor-ennosuke-trial/

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