China Training to Attack Japan?! | STJ 149

This week, Alex and Mitch talk about tourists coming to Japan, a man who received 46 million yen from the government because of a mistake, a Tokyo medical school caught favoring male students, and more!

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Articles from this week's episode

https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/urgvx3/japan_to_accept_small_group_tours_from_us/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Japan-waives-COVID-entry-tests-in-step-toward-welcoming-tourists

https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-who-mistakenly-received-entire-town%E2%80%99s-covid-19-relief-money-vanishes

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a2e75f8ce869ba5b72805998d6ae041d091fda76

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/05/fab702e4b6a3-japan-us-to-cooperate-on-moon-landing-by-japanese-astronaut.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/05/a02c61abe946-13-women-awarded-damages-for-tokyo-medical-schools-exam-rigging.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/05/c88a4a26d1cc-breaking-news-japan-to-join-us-led-indo-pacific-economic-initiative-source.html

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/05/65144e592fe5-bill-to-enhance-support-for-vulnerable-women-passed-in-japan.html

https://japaninsider.com/new-instant-ramen-snack-so-successful-it-had-to-be-suspended/

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/05/edddd0feb2ff-japan-inks-13-bil-yen-loan-deal-to-rescue-ukraine-economy.html

https://japaninsider.com/inside-the-otaku-world-of-itasha-anime-cars-in-japan/

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/Satellite-photos-suggest-China-training-to-attack-Japan-s-aircraft

https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/utkdig/anybody_in_kanto_area_hearing_a_distant_booming/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220514/p2a/00m/0na/031000c

https://soranews24.com/2022/05/20/1600-empty-seats-at-major-japanese-gymnastics-competition-reserved-by-single-unpaying-person/

https://soranews24.com/2022/05/18/ghibli-found-out-about-the-unofficial-ghibli-cafe-in-nagoya-then-something-very-sweet-happened/

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