Tokyo Wave

By: Aaron Randall & Parker Allen
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  • Summary

  • Weekly updates from Japan with Aaron & Parker, two Americans with a passion for telling you what's going on right now on the ground in Tokyo, straight from our studio in Harajuku. Join us in segments featuring this week's top news, political happenings, business, and absolutely random garbage. Also, there's a rad synth intro.
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Episodes
  • #142 - Dating App

    #142 - Dating App
    Feb 5 2024

    Why is Tokyo Metropolitan Government releasing a dating app? Aaron and Parker discuss PM Kishida vowing stronger steps for recovery of central Japan quake, Kyoto Animation arsonist sentenced to death, and retired Japan bullet train snack carts up for sale.
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    26 mins
  • #141 - Lauren Kocher

    #141 - Lauren Kocher
    Jan 19 2024

    Japanese music industry expert and entrepreneur Lauren Rose Kocher shares her insights on Japan's music industry, PR in the entertainment space, and how Japanese artists and music labels have the potential to reach a global audience. Aaron and Parker discuss the recovery effort in the wake of a massive earthquake in central Japan, what will happen to a burned aircraft from a Tokyo airport collision, and government efforts to stabilize Japan's population at 80 million by year 2100.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • #139 - Synthetic Weed

    #139 - Synthetic Weed
    Dec 20 2023

    What is HHCH and why did Japan move to ban this substance after it became known as a synthetic variant of marijuana? How did this become an issue taken up by Japan's Ministry of Health? Aaron and Parker discuss the Japan PM resigning as ruling party faction head amid funds scandal, host clubs in Tokyo nightlife district vowing to stop running up huge customer tabs, and a Tokyo taxi driver who was arrested for allegedly running over a pigeon.
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    28 mins

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