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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life...

A podcast hosted by Rei Wada, a content creator, museum worker, and minimalist living in Tokyo.

A podcast where two friends living in Tokyo sit down to talk about what's new in their lives, share opinions and discuss observations about life, and pop-culture in the land of the rising sun.

A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war. In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated...

全国新聞初の外国人記者として東京の裏社会を駆け巡った著者。日本人顔負けの諺を放ち、日本社会に迎合しながらもアウトサイダーの立場を逆手に取る。大胆不敵で無鉄砲、茶目っ気たっぷりに色目も惜しまず独自の捜査スタイルを確立していった様を描く。世間を震撼させた愛犬家連続殺人事件の真相から歌舞伎町に潜む人身売買の闇まで、スクープを追い続けた12年。その果てに彼が手にしたのは、日本最大の暴力団組織と米国FBIが絡みあったスキャンダルだった･･････。 「記事を消すか、お前が消されるか」山口組分裂のきっかけともなった衝撃の事実を掴んだ記者は、人生最大の決断を迫られる。 日本の大手出版社が復讐を恐れ、出版を見送った禁断の暴露本が遂に日本解禁！ Audibleで臨場感そのままにこのスリルを体験。

Everyone wants to escape their boring, stagnant lives full of inertia and regret. But so few people actually have the bravery to run - run away from everything and selflessly seek out personal fulfillment on the other side of the world where they don’t understand anything and won’t be expected to. The world is full of cowards. Tim Anderson was pushing 30 and working a string of dead-end jobs when he made the spontaneous decision to pack his bags and move to Japan.

Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.

Anthony Joh returns to Japan and to the airwaves with Season 2 of the Tokyo Podcast. If you're one of the listeners who stuck around – thank you! Since the whole world is stuck at home under quarantine thanks to the coronavirus, now seemed like the perfect time to bring you some fresh, updated content on life in Japanland.

Hey Tomodachi (friend)! Welcome to our podcast hosted by K1 Champion Nicholas Pettas. Join us to listen in on our deep, personal conversations with some of the most interesting local celebrity's and guests both native and foreign living here in Japan.

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/bevan-jones/subscribe On Legends with Bevo, I go one-on-one with interesting and notable guests in the world of sport and entertainment as well as people doing incredible things in the community. On Sports Legends with Bevo superstars of sport tell of their inspiring highs to heartbreaking lows, and all the giggles in between. On Comedy Legends with Bevo we hear from comedy legends and up and comers as they share wild tales of touring the world, to touring the broken down pubs of Australia.

「防災 FRONT LINE」さまざまなシチュエーションを想定して、防災の備えを一緒に考えて行く番組。

「東京一の日常会話」に聞き耳を立て続けて、この春で20年目。 これまでAVANTIに登場したお客様はのべ5000人以上。 その中から常連のお客様達のとっておきのトークを毎週選りすぐってお届けします。

アメリカ凶悪犯罪事件を取り上げ、犯罪者の生い立ちや当時の社会情勢など事件背景を掘り下げていく犯罪ドキュメンタリー・トーク番組。 俳優・大谷亮平と声優・谷山紀章が、恐るべき殺人鬼たちの心の闇に迫ります。 見えないからこそ恐怖する、“耳”感型エンタテインメントを、どうぞお楽しみください。

パリにいるのに韓国語はじめちゃったパリ在住女AYUと、 英語・スペイン語・中国語を勉強するなんちゃってグローバル東京女の日常を話す番組です。 We're native Japanese speakers. Ayuka lives in Paris. Arisa lives in Tokyo. We talk about life and culture in Paris and Tokyo. Enjoy! 【ご意見・ご質問はこちらまで】paris.tokyo.gambaruonnas@gmail.com またはSpotifyとnoteのコメント欄。 ※頂いたコメントは番組の中でご紹介する場合がございます。あらかじめご了承ください。 【パリ女...

Exploring the past, present, and future of Canadian rowing athletes on their path to Tokyo 2020 - with a few meandering detours. Presented by Nicola Wealth. www.nicolawealth.com Your host, Adam Kreek, is an Executive Business Coach, author, and a two-time Olympian who won Gold as a member of the Men’s Eight at Beijing 2008. In this podcast, you’ll hear how the next generation of elite rowers evolved to who they are today, the challenges and excitements within their current training plan, and what Tokyo and beyond holds for these high-performing contenders. A huge thank you to our title ...

After finishing their degrees, Saumya and Ellie have a typical quarter-life-crisis. Instead of wallowing through the usual mundane activities of adult life, they decide instead to pack their bags, leave New Zealand, and live in Tokyo! The culture is different, the sites are amazing, and they don't know the language, so they'll have plenty to share with you each week. If you relish travelling, have ever wanted to live abroad, love Japan, or are just confused about what to do in life, this podcast is for you. Follow on TWITTER (@teaintokyo): http://bit.ly/30fD3h3 | INSTAGRAM (@tea_in_tokyo): ...

🎙 HITOTOKI – La minute podcast où on parle Japon autour d’un caféTrois amies, trois voix, trois regards féminins sur le Japon. HITOTOKI, c’est un podcast francophone unique en son genre, où trois jeunes femmes expatriées depuis plus de dix ans au Japon se retrouvent autour d’un café pour partager leurs expériences personnelles, leurs anecdotes du quotidien, et leurs réflexions sur la vie au Japon.Entre culture japonaise, société, traditions, différences culturelles et tranches de vie, on y parle aussi bien de boulot, de relations, de féminisme, d’expatriation, que des ...

Il favorito dei 10mila metri di atletica leggera, alle Olimpiadi di Tokio 1964, è Ron Clarke, australiano, detentore del record del mondo. Ma a vincere, dopo un ultimo giro pieno di colpi di scena, è Billy Mills, un atleta americano pressoché sconosciuto. Billy è un nativo americano, nato e cresciuto in una riserva, orfano dall'età di 12 anni.