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In this week's news from Japan Today: Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult founder and six followers simultaneously without prior notice, Japanese soccer team bows out of World Cup but leaves locker room immaculate, a Nagoya ruling allows forcible cleanup of “garbage house,” think tank set up to look at flying cars to alleviate traffic problems plus a magazine reports on jobs that will be made redundant by AI. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Aum Executions — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Aum-cult-founder-Asahara-6-followers-hanged Clean Loss — https://japantoday.com/category/world-cup/soccer-social-media-users-laud-japan-for-spotless-locker-room Garbage House — https://japantoday.com/category/national/nagoya-court-orders-forcible-clean-up-of-%E2%80%98garbage-house%E2%80%99 GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Flying Cars — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-s

In this week's news from Japan Today: Japan makes it through to the second round of the World Cup and video of Japanese fans cleaning up after the match go viral, a spate of fatal stabbings across the country this week, President Donald Trump claims to be regarded as a "world hero" in Japan, a member of the ruling LDP says that childless couples are "selfish" plus a new series on Japan Today — "Japan Yesterday" — takes a look at famous historical figures' first visits to the country . https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Clean Up Cup — https://japantoday.com/category/world-cup/Tidy-Japan-fans-make-us-proud-says-Yoshida Fatal Stabbings — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-dead-including-police-officer-after-man-attacks-Toyama-police-box Hero Trump —https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/north-korea-was-firing-missiles-over-japan-like-it-was-the-4th-of-july-last-year.-look-at-all-the-things-we've-h

In this week's news from Japan Today: After this week's magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Osaka wreaked havoc xenophobic rumors spread like wildfire across social media in Japan, President Trump made a disparaging remark to PM Abe at the G7 summit in Canada about Mexican immigrants, another horrific murder of a child at the hands of the parents, an official with Kobe city government is punished for going to lunch three minutes early plus orderly chaos across Japan after celebrations over the country's 2-1 win over Colombia in its first World Cup match in Russia. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: After the Quake — https://japantoday.com/category/national/osaka-gov't-warns-of-baseless-rumors-on-social-media-after-quake Mexican Whine — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/trump-threatened-to-send-25-million-mexicans-to-japan-report Horrific Parents —https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-year-old-boy-dies-after-

In this week's news from Japan Today: Prime Minister Abe looks to his own summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, Japan officially lowers the age of adulthood, a heinous murder borne of the "dark web," return of the living dead plus if you're not into politics she may not be that into you says a Japanese think tank. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Kim Possible — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Japan-aiming-for-Abe-Kim-summit-in-Russia-in-Sept Adults Only — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-enacts-law-to-lower-adulthood-age-to-18 Dark Web — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Suspects-in-abduction-murder-of-nurse-met-on-internet-dark-site GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en Return of the Living Dead — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Man-presumed-dead-returns-home-a-year-after-family-cremated-wrong-body Down Vote — https://japantoday.com/cat

In this week's episode: Prime Minister Abe and President Trump deal on trade and Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, a young child dies from abuse by her parents even though she left heartbreaking notes begging them to stop, the mystery surrounding the death of Japan's self-proclaimed "Don Juan," the man who wasn't dead plus a new poll reveals how many Japanese men and women are having sex at the office all from Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Bosom Buddies — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Abe-promises-Trump-new-Japanese-investment Death of a Child — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Fatally-abused-5-year-old-girl-wrote-notes-pleading-with-her-mother-stepfather-to-stop-beating-her What Happened to Japan's Don Juan? — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/murder-suspected-in-death-of-rich-man-dubbed-japanese-don-juan GaijinPot Jobs - https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/inde

In this week's episode: Japanese politicians keep putting their feet in their mouths this time over motherhood and raising children, Japan continues to hunt and kill whales for “research purposes” (whatever that means) and their catch this year yields some horrific information, the Japanese government is opening the doors for more foreign workers to enter the country but there’s a catch — actually, a few of them — we tell you what they are, she rented a room in a couple’s home until she could get another place but she ended up abused and tortured — J-horror at it’s finest hits the news in Japan yet again plus the major influx of athletes and tourists for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympics have one company hoping it will help “prop up” their sales so we get “down to business” with that story all on Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Putting Their Foot in It — https://japantoday.

In this week's episode: Dirty tricks on the gridiron when a late tackle leaves a university quarterback injured and an opposing player and coach facing tough questions, President Donald Trump pours cold water on his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump threatens to impose huge tariffs on Japanese vehicles imported to the U.S. Sending shock waves through the industry, Platforms like Airbnb are looking to get a boost from new short-term rental laws coming in to effect in Japan this June, but excess regulations could put the squeeze on operators plus a man in Fukuoka Prefecture has been nabbed for stealing crime prevention whistles from children all on Japan Today this week. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Playing Dirty — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/update1-american-football-former-coach-denies-ordering-flagrant-foul The Breakup — https://japantoday.com/category/world/Trump-cancels-summi

In this week's episode: Japan's deputy prime minister puts his foot in his mouth — again; an update on last week's horrific murder of a 7-year-old girl in Niigata as police arrest a suspect; an elderly woman in Hyogo Prefecture discovers someone has been living in an upstairs room of her house for almost 5 months; women in Japan reveal their worst dating experiences and it seems the men need to up their game plus Japan’s trains are renowned for their punctuality, but JR West has apologized for a train that left slightly early and more news from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 This weeks stories: Foot in mouth — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/aso-touches-on-potential-trip-by-n.-korean-leader-to-landmark-summit Child killer caught — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/associates-shocked-at-arrest-of-suspect-in-7-yr-old's-murder Unwanted house guest — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-

In this week's episode: The horrific murder of a small child found on the railroad tracks in Niigata City; Japan, China and South Korea meet to discuss ending Kim Jong Un's nuclear program; PM Abe's strange dessert in Jerusalem; Japanese finance ministry officials get trained on what sexual harassment is; the number of children in Japan is at an all-time low and more news from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: A prisoner's “not so great escape” from a remote island in Ehime Prefecture ends after three weeks on the lam, a motorist gets "all revved up" and drives his car into a bike gang in Chiba, bus drivers enact "strike force zero" in Okayama, the Japanese government promotes "cool biz" wear for summer and an exodus of pink salons from Tokyo may help "small town sex." News and more from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: Unjust desserts for Japan at the inter-Koreas summit, the Japanese education minister practicing "sexy yoga," a fatal scuba diving accident in Wakayama Prefecture is now ruled a murder, more Tokyo 2020 Olympics woes and more news from Japan this week. News and more from Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2

In this week's episode: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is still looking for assurances from President Trump, immigration center detainees launch hunger strike in Ibaraki Prefecture, two politicians are brought down by sex scandals and in major league baseball, Shuhei Ohtani's electrifying start with the California Angels and more news from Japan this week. News and more from Japan Today. japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan…id517133982?mt=2