Geeks and Gaijins

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/ Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

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 Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

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/ Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

Alternative Title: Yakucumbers This Week In Japan: - A giant cat appears in Shinjuku - Being vaccinated four times does not improve effectiveness - Police catch cucumber poachers wet-handed - Tottori turns torrential - Japan does not want vaccinated foreigners - Tokyo locks down for the Olympics - The government asks banks to threaten bars - and a lone gunwoman attempts to douse the Olympic flame. Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/07/05/giant-cat-appears-on-new-3-d-billboard-outside-shinjuku-station-%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/hokkaido-man-vaccinated-4-times-i-thought-it-would-be-more-effective/ https://soranews24.com/2021/07/06/ibaraki-woman-arrested-for-attacking-olympic-torch-with-water-gun/ https://soranews24.com/2021/07/11/oceans-11-heist-of-over-2m-yen-in-sea-cucumbers-thwarted-by-japanese-coast-guard/ https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/campaign/50thburger/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210707_07/ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210708/p2g/00m/0na/047000c https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-needs-mutual-recognition-for-vaccine-passports-AmCham https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14392012 Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins

Frapp Mapp? Frapan? Anyway, This Week In Japan, enjoy cool masks, get kicked out of politics for your cool mask, and drink away your sorrows with your local prefectures new unique frappucino. Also, Jon visited a sword museum, and Tom watched Zombieland Saga Revenge and OddTaxi.  Sources: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210703/p2a/00m/0na/030000c https://soranews24.com/2021/07/03/japanese-politician-skull-reaper-a-ji-sues-city-for-refusing-to-show-his-masked-face/ https://stephano.me/blog/jimoto-frappuccino/ Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

Fly me to the Pokemon Sun & Moon. This Week In Japan, you can: fly via Pikachu Airlines (if you're vaccinated), break into a school (if someone else has already broken in), steal toilet paper (if you're the police chief), silence political criticism (if you're Twitter), or not say anything about the Olympics (if you're the Emperor). Sadly, neither Jon or Tom are the Emperor (yet), so they are not allowed to not say anything about the Olympics.  Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/06/24/pikachu-learns-how-to-fly-as-japans-new-pokemon-airliner-takes-fight/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/unfit-ex-banker-collared-after-sporting-stolen-sailor-suit-in-school-toilet/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/ex-police-chief-not-prosecuted-over-drunken-theft-of-5-rolls-of-toilet-paper/ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210626/p2a/00m/0na/018000c http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14381782 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14380930 Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

I sure do love Jelly Donuts! This Week In Japan: Timmy tries to break into a museum A Crime Trilogy! Tasteful Beef Art Superman steals Jon's Schtick and, of course, more Olympics misery! Yay!   Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/06/18/baby-tanuki-prompts-adorable-standoff-as-it-tries-to-get-into-tokyo-art-museum%e3%80%90videos%e3%80%91/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/21/wakayama-man-stealing-uniform-from-school-caught-by-mysterious-man-in-restroom-in-middle-of-night/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/19/japanese-love-doll-mistaken-for-drowned-corpse-saved-by-emergency-services-anyway/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/20/real-life-doesnt-work-like-anime-tokyo-man-arrested-after-letting-schoolgirl-live-with-him/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/21/japanese-art-has-never-looked-quite-as-beautiful-as-when-its-made-out-of-japanese-beef%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/18/superman-to-star-in-upcoming-gourmet-manga-series/ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210620/p2g/00m/0sp/015000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210618/p2g/00m/0na/030000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210618/p2g/00m/0na/004000c https://soranews24.com/2021/06/20/tokyo-olympics-to-allow-spectators-provided-they-cheer-quietly/   Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

Get Bready for another week in Japan! This week, we have a mask even your aunt will want to wear, the end to open-carry crossbows (without a permit), busting open the used recorder black market, and Japan's seeming national inability to have a fat friend. Oh also some rich ****s decide it's cool if a bunch of Japanese people die from a preventable disease, so long as said ****s get their international sports show. Don't you know that the world is built with blood? Sources: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000072311.html https://the-labo.com/maskpan.html https://soranews24.com/2021/06/10/japan-creates-its-first-law-requiring-permits-for-crossbow-possession/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/12/you-can-now-rent-fat-people-in-japan/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/british-national-not-prosecuted-after-stuffing-bento-boxes-into-mailboxes/ http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14372230 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14371375 https://the-labo.com/maskpan.html   Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

This Week In Japan: Dancing Cats, Pickle Shop Spitting, & A Sleep-Depriving Schedule   Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/06/03/the-japanese-train-station-famous-for-mysterious-dancing-cats/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/american-english-teacher-suspected-of-smuggling-cannabis-oil/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/04/osaka-man-charged-with-spitting-in-front-of-same-pickle-shop-for-most-of-2020/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/05/japanese-government-plans-removal-of-around-2485-miles-worth-of-overhead-power-lines/ https://soranews24.com/2021/06/04/oh-it-turns-out-manga-creator-rumiko-takahashis-schedule-is-even-crazier-than-we-thought/   Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key

Learn one simple trick to beat all the girls in an entrance exam! Feminists HATE it!* This Week In Japan, we have: Levi AttackOnTitan cleans up! Illegal Maid Cafes! Murdeerer has sentence suspended And controversey over high school entrance exams rocks the nation! All this, and more, for one week only (apart from the sexism, that's pretty much constant) in Japan! (*The trick is to be a dude) Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/05/29/talking-attack-on-titan-anime-character-robot-vacuum-promises-to-clean-your-shitty-room/ https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8548345e85846a8b6dc81d7ff08c5d78284a369c https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/man-handed-suspended-prison-term-for-killing-deer-in-nara-park-with-axe/ https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/ishiimasumi/20210304-00225414/ https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1398987969369980935?s=09 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210526/p2a/00m/0na/017000c https://unseenjapan.com/st-marianna-japan-womens-scores-changed/   Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key