Episodes

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

    Internet outages causing havoc and paying companies to make their employees take paternity leave
    Nov 12 2023
    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
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    23 mins
  • Same sex couple gets visa rejected and top 100 bluey episode countdown

    Same sex couple gets visa rejected and top 100 bluey episode countdown
    Nov 5 2023
    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==
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    26 mins
  • Encouraging 14 year olds to go to clubs and kabuki suicide pacts

    Encouraging 14 year olds to go to clubs and kabuki suicide pacts
    Oct 22 2023
    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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    23 mins
  • Australia votes and renting as bad as smoking cigarettes

    Australia votes and renting as bad as smoking cigarettes
    Oct 17 2023
    In this episode we discuss the Australian referendum and new findings which suggests renting is as bad for your health as smoking. https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/referendum/2023/results?filter=all&sort=az&state=all&party=all https://amp.9news.com.au/article/9830b596-b8e5-4195-960f-19123ce8fd74
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    26 mins
  • Protesting at a musical and Sake made from wood

    Protesting at a musical and Sake made from wood
    Oct 8 2023
    In this episode we discuss extinction rebellion activists stopping musicals to save the planet, and a Japanese startup making Sake from trees. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx_tslZIPZt/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230929/p2g/00m/0bu/060000c
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    25 mins
  • Schools using AI to practice English and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews resigns

    Schools using AI to practice English and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews resigns
    Sep 30 2023
    In this episode we discuss how a Japanese school is utilising the power of AI to improve English speaking. We also chat about how the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has suddenly quit. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230923/p2a/00m/0na/015000c https://amp.9news.com.au/article/7c1f8e0e-0b83-4376-b3c0-ad36e3e299dd
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    25 mins
  • Airbnb gets taxed and disabled students banned from riding school bus

    Airbnb gets taxed and disabled students banned from riding school bus
    Sep 23 2023
    In this episode we discuss how Airbnb is facing a mandatory tax in Victoria, then look at the case of a special school in Nagoya holding a lottery for who gets to ride the school bus. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230920/p2a/00m/0na/008000c https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102878180
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    29 mins
  • Gen Z slang and Iguana on the loose

    Gen Z slang and Iguana on the loose
    Sep 16 2023
    In this episode we try to get our head around gen z slang, and read about the curious case of an escaped 2 meter long Iguana roaming Kyushu. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw_7A3aImes/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230912/p2a/00m/0li/003000c
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    23 mins