Bad Communication

Welcome to a new year of Bad Communication! We’re kicking off the rust a bit, but we’re happy to be back doing the show and as always, we’ve got lots of great stories for you this week!

• Largest Train Museum in Japan [Japan Daily Press]
  • http://japandailypress.com/largest-train-museum-in-japan-to-open-in-kyoto-in-2016-0220726
• Railway Company Warms the Sould with ‘Kotatsu Train’ [Asahi Shimbun]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/fun_spots/AJ201212250006
• ‘Saint Young Men’ Gets Blessed with Anime Feature [Asahi Shimbun]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201301070053
• Machine Translation: Conquering Babel [Economist]
  • http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21569014-simultaneous-translation-computer-getting-closer-conquering-babel
• Japan’s Strangest Animator? [Tofugu]
  • http://www.tofugu.com/2013/01/05/japans-strangest-animator/
• Wearable Tail Shows Your Feelings, Just Like Your Pet [Asahi Shimbun]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201301070050
• 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!
  • Live Show
    • Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan
    • http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bad-communication

Coming up on this week’s show we talk a bit about the YouTube meetup in Shibuya, some giant sushi rolls, the closing of a chain of Tokyo brothels, the start of construction on a Shinkansen tunnel that will connect Hokkaido to the main island, and we’ve got a special guest filling in for Andrew who is on vacation in Hawaii! All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Weekend in Tokyo
  • We’ll be in Tokyo on the weekend of December 8th and 9th so be sure to get in touch and hang out with us for a bit.
• MSG Giveaway
  • Check the video to find out who won!
• Japan’s Biggest Futomaki Sushi Roll [Japan Probe]
  • http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/11/05/japans-biggest-futomaki-sushi-roll/
• Huge bust of Yoshiwara soapland chain could be crossroads for brothel quarter [Tokyo Reporter]
  • http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2012/11/02/huge-bust-of-yoshiwara-soapland-chain-could-be-crossroads-for-the-brothel-quarter/
• U.S. online firm offers downloads of ‘Cyborg 009,’ Ishinomori titles [Asahi Shimbun]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201211020024
• How Giant Tunnels Protect Tokyo from Flood Threat [CNN]
  • http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/world/asia/japan-flood-tunnel/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
• Japanese Windows 8 Promotion Misleads Many to Think their Monitor will Magically Become a Touchscreen [Rocket News 24]
  • http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/29/windows-8-promotion-misleads-many-to-think-their-monitor-will-magically-become-touch-screens/
• Hokkaido Shinkansen Tunnel [NHK News]
  • http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121023/t10015951791000.html
• Show Notes
  • Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
  • Email: bc@wanwan.fm
  • Leave a Voicemail:
    • Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
  • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bcpodcast
    • 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

Coming up on this week’s show we’ve got some more information about the December weekend in Tokyo, our ongoing MSG keychain contest, the Kansai Anime Expo and a very suspicious character stopped by customs in LA. (Despite his shady character, it’s wasn’t Hiroki.) Also, we’ve got nine reasons to love Japan! All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Weekend in Tokyo
  • We’ll be in Tokyo on the weekend of December 8th and 9th so be sure to get in touch and hang out with us for a bit.
• MSG Giveaway
  • Tell us what you’re going to use your MSG keychain shaker to season and you could win one of three fabulous prizes!
    • @badcommpodcast
    • #BCMSG
    • #BCPMSG
    • bc@wanwan.fm
    • You can also leave a comment on one of our YouTube videos.
• First Kyoto CMEX [Asahi]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201210090056
• Tsunami Debris Washed from Japan to Oregon [BBC]
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19812373
• Man on Flight from Japan Held in LA [Japan Today]
  • http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-on-flight-from-japan-held-in-la-after-smoke-grenade-leg-irons-body-bags-found-in-luggage
• Not All Treasure is Silver and Gold [Yokoso News]
  • http://yokosonews.com/news/new-anti-piracy-law-japan-2012/
• Top 10 – Nine Random Reasons to Love Japan [Rocket News 24]
  • http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/06/people-of-the-world-speak-9-random-reasons-to-love-japan/
• Show Notes
  • Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
  • Email: bc@wanwan.fm
  • Leave a Voicemail:
    • Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
  • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bcpodcast
    • 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

Don’t try to contain us! Don’t try to keep us down! We’re busting out of here with or without our clothing! We start off the show with a long chat about anime and manga and finish up the show with some of the best stories out of Japan from the past week! Don’t forget about Loco in Yokohama coming on the show next week!

Don’t try to contain us! Don’t try to keep us down! We’re busting out of here with or without our clothing! We start off the show with a long chat about anime and manga and finish up the show with some of the best stories out of Japan from the past week! Don’t forget about Loco in Yokohama coming on the show next week!

• Top of the Show
• January 20th Meetup in Osaka
• http://www.meetup.com/Create-Kansai/events/47646762/
• Steins;Gate is getting interesting for me.
• Coming of Age Day
• January 9
• Fireworks Thrown Into Fukuchiyama Zoo Enclosure, Monkeys Burned [@nifty]
• http://news.nifty.com/cs/headline/phdetail/kyodo-2012010901001346/1.htm
• Chinese Convict Escapes Hiroshima Prison [AJW]
• http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201201120035
• …and is recaptured [Japan Today]
• http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-capture-chinese-inmate-who-escaped-from-hiroshima-prison
• eBookJapan
• http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/
• Track Pick: “Zen – Seijaku wo Uchiyaburu Mono” by ‘G
• http://wacca.fm/m/24348
• Wat Bottle [TokyoTek]
• http://tokyotek.com/watbottle/
• Tokyo Foreigners Get Disaster Drill [Japan Times]
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120114f2.html
• Show Notes
• Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
• Email: bc@wanwan.fm
• Leave a Voicemail:
• Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bcpodcast
• 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!
• Future Guests:
• Loco in Yokohama
• January 23
• Live Show
• Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan
• http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bad-communication

Did he really? Well, not so much but he is away this week on a mysterious errand that we have yet to hear the details about. In his temporary absence however, we talk about Hashimoto and Matsui winning their respective Osaka elections, the arrest of a French TV personality working in Japan, Jean Reno as Doraemon, cesium all over Japan, the introduction of a new segment and some messages from you guys! Don’t worry all you Alex fans, he’ll be back next week!

Did he really? Well, not so much but he is away this week on a mysterious errand that we have yet to hear the details about. In his temporary absence however, we talk about Hashimoto and Matsui winning their respective Osaka elections, the arrest of a French TV personality working in Japan, Jean Reno as Doraemon, cesium all over Japan, the introduction of a new segment and some messages from you guys! Don’t worry all you Alex fans, he’ll be back next week!

• Top of the Show
• 2.5 Oyaji Update
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnkuruone3U
• Anthony Joh from Tokyo Podcast
• http://www.tokyo-podcast.com/
• Hashimoto and Ally Matsui Win Local Osaka Elections [Japan Today]
• http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/voters-go-to-polls-to-choose-osaka-governor-mayor
• Track Pick: “Time Machine” by Hinariku216
• http://wacca.fm/m/21656
• Japanese Police Arrest French TV Personality [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/11/24/japanese-police-arrest-french-tv-personality/
• Jean Reno as Doraemon [Japan Probe]
• http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/11/23/jean-reno-as-doraemon-toyota-commercial/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0zdcl8zuHI
• Cesium Fallout Landed All Over Japan [Asahi]
• http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201111260001
• Ask Us about Japan
• We will be fielding any questions you all may have about Japan or whatever is on your mind.  Ask us anything!
• Messages from #YouGuys
• Sarah via Disqus (Ep. 53 – We Cast Aside Such Childish Things)
• Being french is really hard… We do not hate the rest of the world, and we do not hate americans sorry to disappoint you. But the entire english speaking world seems to hate us. And you know I love these pod-casts but that kind of comment make me really sad. I know it shouldn’t get to me but it does. I guess I just have to accept the fact that a lot of people will dislike me, for no other reason than my nationality. Harsh reality…  -_-
• Show Notes
• Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
• Email: bc@wanwan.fm
• Leave a Voicemail:
• Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bcpodcast
• 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!
• Future Guests:
• Anthony Joh from Tokyo Podcast (December 5, 2011)
• Live Show
• Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan

On this very haunted edition of Bad Communication we’ve got some very spooky stories in the rundown. Some of these stories include one about Japanese scientists who create a massively parallel brain-like computer, the revenge of the ‘kamitsukizaru’, a story about yet another politician putting his foot in his mouth, Siri vs. Japanese English, a crashed satellite pic pick, some truly horrible Japanese Halloween costumes and a few messages from you guys. Happy Halloween everyone!

On this very haunted edition of Bad Communication we’ve got some very spooky stories in the rundown. Some of these stories include one about Japanese scientists who create a massively parallel brain-like computer, the revenge of the ‘kamitsukizaru’, a story about yet another politician putting his foot in his mouth, Siri vs. Japanese English, a crashed satellite pic pick, some truly horrible Japanese Halloween costumes and a few messages from you guys. Happy Halloween everyone!