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Living Japan discusses modern Japanese culture, social issues, current events and news, and many other Japan related topics. We aim to appeal to people who have lots of experience and knowle...

It is Episode 81 and the Living Japan crew are fired up to talk about the most recent Sumo controversy, shed some light on the troubles the...

On Episode 80, the Living Japan crew discusses about the call for volunteers to work at the Tokyo Olympics, asking for high skills professio...

Hello Everyone! We are back for a whole new season of Living Japan Podcast. This year we made the commitment to at least do 25 new episodes!...

The Living Japan got together one last time before the end of the year to share some of the latest news that have been happening in Japan. M...

We look in depth at the recent incident where a high school student in Osaka was not allowed to attend class for having different hair. We a...

Edgar is off to his homeland living Brent alone to edit and put out this episode. That can’t be good. But there is good news! A new ep...

Ohisahiburi! Long Time no see! We have been very busy in the last month, but we finally have a new Episode! This time, Motoi, Brent and Edga...

Hello everyone!!! We have a new episode for you! Finally, after almost 6 months (more or less) we get back to our original format, commentin...

Hello everyone! It’s already been two weeks from our last Episode and we are back! On Episode 73 the Living Japan crew talks about two...

Greetings Everyone! Apologies for the long wait! Today’s episode is a especial two parts, the first half we have the presence of Brent...

Brent opened this week’s conversation by asking Motoi and Edgar about their thought’s on the recent arrival of Carl’s Jr....

Greetings from the Living Japan Crew! Apologies for being late to upload this new episode. This week, Motoi, Brent and Edgar discuss about w...

It’s time for a new episode of Living Japan. On today’s Episode, Motoi, Brent and Edgar talk about the reactivation of the nucle...

Hello Everyone! We want to apologize for getting behind our schedule, but finally we were able to meet and record a new episode. Today, we h...

As every two weeks, the Living Japan crew is back! Bringing you the latest news on what is happening in Japan. In this week’s episode...

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Hello Everyone!! On this week’s new episode Motoi, Brent and Edgar talk about some of the latest news, such as the passing away of Mas...

Hello Everyone! We are trying to start 2017 with the right foot and working hard to have a new episode for you every two weeks. Since Motoi...

Hello everyone!! Happy New Year! We start the podcast for 2017 with a very interesting episode. First, we talk a little bit about Brent̵...

Today Dr. Michael Dziesinski, a visiting scholar from the University of Hawaii, joins us to talk about a social phenomenon of Japan: Hikikom...

Hello Everyone!!! We are back with a new episode! On today’s show we talk about the latest Ghost in the Shell trailer (sorry for repea...

Hello everyone!!! We are back with a new episode! This week Motoi, Brent and Edgar discuss about the sudden appearance of a sinkhole in Fuku...

A delayed train stopped Motoi for joining Brent and Edgar at the studio, so the guys decided to use this time to do another Nerd Talk Episod...

This was a busy week at the Living Japan studios and our crew got really deep into so many topics. Join us as we discuss the role of Cool Ja...

The Living Japan crew is back this week! Join us while we discuss about the arrival of Pokemon Go to Japan and how people has been reacting...

Hello Gang!! We are catching up and soon we will have episodes on time! On today’s episode we answer to one of our listeners questions...

The Living Japan crew is back! This time, we once again talk about Japanese pop culture and how it has been adapted in the West by analyzing...

Hello Gang!!!!! It’s time for another quick episode of Living Japan! This time, we discuss and article that our sweet Motoi found on t...

We are back!!!!!! Apologies to all of our listeners!!! For health reasons we had to take a short break for the podcast, nothing to worry, bu...

On this week’s episode we discuss an update on the case artist Megumi Igarashi who was found guilty by the Court of Tokyo of obscenity...

We start out with a little information about Golden Week before moving into some Cool Biz. Finally, Edgar shares his recent experiences hitc...

We are back in the mobile studio as the Living Japan Trio sit down to talk about the recent earthquakes, the popularity of Babymetal and pos...

On Episode 51 Motoi, Brent and Edgar respond to some of our listeners questions. Later we move on with the news that recently the number of...

What happens when Motoi leaves Brent and Edgar alone in the studio?? They start to talk about nerdy stuff!!! Join us while Brent and Edgar t...

Didi stayed with us for one more episode in which we talk about the difficulties of being vegetarian in Japan and do a comparison between th...

This week music journalist and friend of the show Didi comes to talk with Motoi, Brent and Edgar about Visual Kei. Is this a music genre? A...

Happy 2016 Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the first Episode Motoi, Brent and Edgar talk about how they spent the New Year’s eve and respond...

We end our Living Japan year talking over tattoos and just generally chatting about how to end the year. Happy Holidays and see you in 2016!

Today we mourn an influential manga-ka, talk over some Christmas options and basically just chatter about some fun differences. And tease Ed...

On this week’s episode Brent talk to us about his first acupuncture experience in Japan. Later on we talk about the message of the UN...

This week we celebrate same sex civil union certificates in Shibuya and talk about families that want to have different surnames.

On Episode 43 Edgar share’s with us his thoughts after covering the Tokyo Game Show 2015. We discuss a little bit about the changes th...

On Episode 42 the Motoi, Brent and Edgar discuss about the answer to the ultimate question: Beer and Snacks in Japan!!!! Following a recent...

On this episode the Living Japan crew answers to one of our listeners questions and talk about how Japanese people exercise, keep fit and pr...

On the latest Episode of Living Japan, we congratulate the team Twin Cosplay, who represented Mexico at the World Cosplay Summit 2015 and go...

On this episode the Living Japan crew talks about the anniversary of the Second World War and how this conflict was lived and taught in thei...

On Episode 38 we talk about the selection of Ariana Miyamato, a half-Japanese half-African American woman,as Miss Japan and the debate it ha...

On Episode 37 we first give a nice shout out to all the video game fans as we talk about the new trailer for the remake of FFVII. Later on w...

In Episode 36, Brent narrates the story of his son’s birth. All the details in preparation for the arrival of the new family member, h...

This week we have lots of news worth discussing including the Dirty Korean Beer twitter-storm, some ongoing news about aquariums acquiring d...