From ponytails being banned for being too stimulating, to UNIQLO’s flip-flop about being in Russia, to The Ring’s Sadako starting her own daily life vlog, Mitch and Alex talk about everything happening in Japan now!
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Articles from this week’s episode:
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/180692ba62b6-japan-eyes-entry-of-most-foreign-students-waiting-amid-covid-by-end-may.html
https://japantoday.com/category/business/uniqlo-defends-decision-to-stay-open-in-russia
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/mar/10/uniqlo-suspends-operations-russia-u-turn-fashion
https://www.global.jcb/en/info/20220308.html
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/002be5a1fdd6-japan-accepts-8-people-displaced-by-russian-invasion-of-ukraine.html Good job, 8.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14566964
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-03/the-ghosn-saga-and-what-it-says-about-japan-quicktake
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/57c1d24b17e6-japan-marks-11th-anniversary-of-quake-disaster-fukushima-crisis.html
Ponytails Considered Too Stimulating In Kagoshima Junior High Schools
NTT wants you to remember the Tohoku Earthquake by remembering the phone numbers of loved ones
New president of Chile receives Pokémon from Japanese diplomat【Videos】
Giant Gundams occupy Yokohama as part of Gundam Port Yokohama art project【Photos】
Family Mart convenience stores will stop offering plastic forks, recommends chopsticks instead
Former Uniqlo employee starts clothing alterations service for people with disabilities
Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots become fashion models【Video】
Sadako now has her own YouTube channel, hopes to upload videos about her daily life
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4 Comments
And we here think Japan is living in the future. What sick future is this.
Thumbs up for the video on plastic trash on Patreon!
I do cook on my own and just by getting groceries I accumulate quite a lot of plastic trash every week – all the the sachets and trays from meat and vegetables for example. It's quite hard to avoid it.
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This is ridiculous, who is the dip shit that approved this law?