Bad Communication

Coming up on this week’s show we talk about the land of the rising solar, the threat the Trans Pacific Partnership poses to the Japanese porn industry, a new photo fad in Japan, the world’s smallest bowl of ramen, a new accessory for you Nintendo Wii and have a great wedding Andrew! All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Japanapalooza
  • http://japanapalooza.com
• Naked Man Covered with Tattoos Arrested for Stopping Bus, Breaking Wipers [Japan Today]
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/naked-man-covered-with-tattoos-arrested-for-stopping-bus-breaking-wipers
• Teens Use Smartphone App LINE to Extort Man in Toyama [Tokyo Reporter]
  • http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2013/04/08/teens-use-smartphone-app-line-to-extort-man-in-toyama/
• Messaging App LINE’s Kawaii Characters get their own Cartoon Series [News on Japan]
  • http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/101911.php
• Men with ‘Yellow Fever’ get a Taste of their own Medicine [Japan Times]
  • http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/31/national/men-with-yellow-fever-get-a-taste-of-their-own-medicine/#.UWItjr9bxSU
• Tezuka’s Family Blasts Criticism on Astro Boy’s Nuclear Influence [Japan Times]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201304080097
• Pic Pick – 36 New Views of Mt. Fuji [Japanapalooza]
  • http://japanapalooza.com/2013/04/07/thirty-six-new-views-of-mount-fuji/
• Number of Tourists Seen Hitting Record During Golden Week [News on Japan]
  • http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/101851.php
• Show Notes
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    • Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan
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Coming up on this week’s show we explain why women in Kyoto seem to have the largest breast size, the first gay wedding to happen in Tokyo Disney, a concierge service that helps men select the perfect White Day gift, the most awkward Domino’s Pizza commercial ever, and the top ten worst type of workers. Watch out for yellow sand! All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Examining Why Japan’s Biggest Breasts Found in Kyoto, Smallest in Saitama [Tokyo Reporter]
  • http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2013/03/06/examining-why-japans-biggest-breasts-found-in-kyoto-smallest-in-saitama/
• Examining Why Japan’s Biggest Breasts Found in Kyoto, Smallest in Saitama [Tokyo Reporter]
  • http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2013/03/06/examining-why-japans-biggest-breasts-found-in-kyoto-smallest-in-saitama/
• Tokyo Store Concierge Service Helps Clueless Men Shop for Girlfriends [Japan Today]
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/tokyo-store-concierge-service-helps-clueless-men-shop-for-girlfriends
• Top 10 – People Who Suck at Working [Itai News]
  • http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1753570.html
• Super Awkward Domino’s Pizza Ad [Huffington Post]
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/dominos-hatsune-miku_n_2838121.html
• Pic Pick
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2dLrOSyP2j6D_-hlQLF939MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
• Show Notes
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This ship is going down! Get out while you still can! The Bad Communication is reporting huge losses for fiscal 2011! That won’t stop us from bringing you only the finest and freshest stories out of Japan over the last week. We’ve got awesome hosts and a fantastic live audience to make this episode one of our best! Check it out!

This ship is going down! Get out while you still can! The Bad Communication is reporting huge losses for fiscal 2011! That won’t stop us from bringing you only the finest and freshest stories out of Japan over the last week. We’ve got awesome hosts and a fantastic live audience to make this episode one of our best! Check it out!

• Tokyo Gate Bridge Opens [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/02/05/tokyo-gate-bridge/
• Tokushima School Lunch vs. Japanese Prison Food [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/02/01/tokushima-school-lunch-vs-japanese-prison-food/
• Sony Has New CEO, Large 2011 Operating Loss [Yomiuri]
• http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T120203006006.htm
• Other manufacturers aren’t faring well either [AJW]
• http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/AJ201202030050
• Japan Population to Shrink by One Third by 2060 [BBC]
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16787538
• 4,700 U.S. Marines to Leave Okinawa for Guam [AJW]
• http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201202050017
• American Man Found Dead in Osaka [Japan Times]
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120205b1.html
• Detention Times for Foreigners Reduced [Japan Times]
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120205a1.html
• New App Controls Your Dreams [Japan Trends]
• http://www.japantrends.com/new-app-controls-your-dreams/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TrendsInJapan-CscoutJapanBlog+%28Trends+in+Japan+-+CScout+Japan+Blog%29
• Gundam Front Tokyo Theme Park [Alafista]
• http://www.alafista.com/2012/02/01/gundam-front-tokyo-theme-park/
• Show Notes
• Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
• Email: bc@wanwan.fm
• Leave a Voicemail:
• Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
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• Send us a video voicemail and we’ll play it on the show!
• Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
• Bad Communication is a listener-supported podcast. If you’re willing and able, please consider donating!
• Live Show
• Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan
• http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bad-communication

Welcome to a new year of Bad Communication and boy is it going to be a great one! We kick off the year with a whole bundle of stories about the number of Japanese women who have performed in porn, the top 20 video games that have caused you to cry, giant potato hands, a pic pick map of Japan, upskirt photographers embracing new smartphone technology and some questions from you guys! 2012 is going to be a great year!

Welcome to a new year of Bad Communication and boy is it going to be a great one! We kick off the year with a whole bundle of stories about the number of Japanese women who have performed in porn, the top 20 video games that have caused you to cry, giant potato hands, a pic pick map of Japan, upskirt photographers embracing new smartphone technology and some questions from you guys! 2012 is going to be a great year!

• One in 200 Japanese Women Performed in Porn [Tokyo Reporter]
• http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2011/12/27/av-producer-one-in-200-japanese-women-performed-in-porn/
• Top 10 – 20 Games That Make You Cry [famitsu.com]
• http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/30007900.html
• Giant Potato Hands [mainichi.jp]
• http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120101p2a00m0na002000c.html
• Pic Pick – Map of Around Japan [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/12/12/map-of-around-japan-common-sense-of-japan/
• Upskirt Photographers Use Silent Smartphone Apps [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/12/15/upskirt-photographers-use-silent-smartphone-apps/
• New Weird Pokemon Game Pokémon Plus Nobunaga’s Ambition [Kotaku]
• http://kotaku.com/5868953/new-pokmon-game-revealed-its-not-what-you-expect/gallery/1
• Show Notes
• Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
• Email: bc@wanwan.fm
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• Bad Communication is a listener-supported podcast. If you’re willing and able, please consider donating!
• Future Guests:
• Jason (January 9, 2012)
• Live Show
• Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan

Round four!  Fight!  Alex makes yet another appearance on the show and what a show it is!  We talk about a stress measuring device, a biogas powered toilet bike, throw in a little music during the break, talk about a new app for Android that allows you to track your caloric intake with only your phone, chat for a bit about the ‘doujin’ scene, discuss the merits of red underwear and pay tribute to Steve Jobs.  Don’t touch that dial!

Round four!  Fight!  Alex makes yet another appearance on the show and what a show it is!  We talk about a stress measuring device, a biogas powered toilet bike, throw in a little music during the break, talk about a new app for Android that allows you to track your caloric intake with only your phone, chat for a bit about the ‘doujin’ scene, discuss the merits of red underwear and pay tribute to Steve Jobs.  Don’t touch that dial!

• Top of the Show
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCbI-j7FnkQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stXxpuLuVBg
• Stress Measuring Device [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/10/05/stress-measuring-device/#disqus_thread
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr9DI3YLOTA&feature=youtu.be
• Biogas-Powered Toilet Bike [Asahi]
• http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110070304.html
• Track Pick: “A Little Intro” by Manuzik
• http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/854291
• Analyze Calorie Info from Pictures of Food [TokyoTek]
• http://tokyotek.com/analyze-calorie-from-pictures/
• Doujin [JMarket]
• http://www.jmarket.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/07/japanese-entertainment-doujin/
• Pic Pick: Red Underwear Store
• http://project-yamanote.blogspot.com/2011/02/sugamo-red-underpants-shop.html
• Show Notes
• Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
• Email: bc@wanwan.fm
• Leave a Voicemail:
• 050 5532 5314
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• Future Guests
• Optivion (Octobert 31, 2011)
• http://www.youtube.com/optivion
• Live Show
• Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan

We’re publishing a bunch of clips from our show on YouTube, so the weekly “Bite Size BC” is going to appear only on blip.tv and the blog from now on.  Same old bite size Bad Communication brought to you by the same old guys!

On our special Valentine’s Day show, we sit down with Ashley Thompson from the Surviving in Japan blog to get some tips on how to do just that. We read some fan mail, talk about an amazing new translation app from Google, restrain our bitterness from not being able to go to Hokkaido this year, talk about a drunk hugger in Tokyo and finish things off with a love-themed top 10. Don’t spend this February 14th alone, spend it with the guys at Bad Communication!