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… Matt talks about the new normal drinking culture in Japan, ramen popcorn, Japan’s ongoing COVID issues, and does a look-see at the Japanese attendees for this year’s World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset.”
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… Matt and DJO discuss insane nuclear predictions for Japan in 2023, the myth about ivermectin in Japan, and the many Japanese politicians, corporations and institutions deeply involved in the World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset”.
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Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch
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The following image is a list of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf
List of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf
… Matt and DJO discuss Japan’s plans to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency, and how it’s generally a bad idea. To better understand how everyone went nuts over the COVID, DJO brings up Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German elite who wrote about the philosophy of stupidity. Get your boosters!
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch
Show links:
1. Japan CBDC
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupdity” (YouTube)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupidity”
YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY
THE WEF LOVES YOU!
… Matt and DJO talk about the post-Covid-era, DJO’s experiences working at daily newspapers in Japan for decades, and the Trilateral Commission opening its doors to the Nikkei News — a rare move allowing the super-non rich to spread the wishes of the world’s most powerful elites.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch
… Matt and OneTwenty talk about music for the studio vs music for the live performance, weird seasonal Japanese products, and take a call from a Taiwanese guy who customizes gaming consoles.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
OneTwenty: Instagram
… Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan party life inching back, tourism making a comeback, corporate mentorship making a mark, prices making an impact, and the government trying to make a mark of us all with their sudden involvement in the NFT mystery economy.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
OneTwenty: Instagram
Adam Jang, frontman of YETI VALHALLA, calls in from Vietnam to talk about how he made a living playing and recording music through the pandemic and how a knife-wielding, drug addicted Mountain Man inspired the song Mountain Man, which is featured on the podcast.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
Adam Jang: Official Site / Facebook Page / Instagram
… Okinawa Craft Cheese maker John Davis of Okicheese.com returns! He sent a craft cheese basket to the podcast, and we are drinking wine and eating cheese in this episode. We had a blast going through the wide variety of cheeses, including some styles that you need to listen, to believe. For John’s range of craft cheeses, go to okicheese.com. English here.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
OneTwenty: Instagram
Fuad Alhabshi, frontman of the band Kyoto Protocol, calls in from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, to talk about making music in a post-COVID world.
He’s also an economist, and we talk about the ins and outs of Asian business culture — where it’s good, and what desperately needs to improve for future generations inheriting a very messy pickle.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
Kyoto Protocol: Instagram
Stream Kyoto Protocol on this site!
Military historian, ex-Marine, former double-agent and author Max von Schuler-Kobayashi day drinks with Matt in Asagaya. We talk about the Ukraine war and how its ripple effects will affect Japan. It also appears the Japanese conservative movement knows jack-shit about the reality of geo-politics post 1991. Max, a staunch Japanese conservative, explains why.
Max: YouTube / Facebook / Twitter / Blog
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
Max’s books are available on Amazon
… Okinawa Craft Cheese maker John Davis of Okicheese.com calls in from the Island to talk about turning Japan’s Cheese Desert into a Cheese Paradise. You will want to click that link and look at his range of craft cheeses. English here.
Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan going back to normal again, how COVID and Ukraine are never mentioned together, techno flash mobs, camera tip of the week and the Stupid Gaijin of the Week makes a surprising return.
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OneTwenty: Instagram
Matt and Rory Wilmer (https://rorywilmer.com/) discuss his new book about how social media has taken a dark turn with some light-hearted rabbit holes.
Get the book on Amazon
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Matt and OneTwenty discuss the return of White Women, QR Code Restaurants, Camera Tip of the Week, and drop some music tracks, yo.
We thank PRODUCDER ADRIAN, for coming in with 3,333 YEN to support the show. The Value for Value system is real. Donate at the link above.
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OneTwenty: Instagram
Matt and OneTwenty discuss making music from scratch, NFT values, a camera tip of the week, Ageha — the biggest club in Japan closing — and how all of the COVID signage is beginning to look like those aging SALE signs in shops that nobody goes into where everything has been 25% off for years.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
OneTwenty: Instagram
…Matt and OneTwenty talk about going to Japan's largest NFT auction, Flexing, Black people in facial recognition & Camera Tip of the Week.
Matthew Bigelow: Twitter / Facebook Page / Instagram
OneTwenty: Instagram
On Episode 57, OneTwenty and Matt talk about Tokyo bars and restaurants reopening (without qr codes and vax passes), election scheming and camera tips of the week. Tokyo is Back! and so are WE! Gaijins you can “Trust”!
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OneTwenty —> Instagram
We interview Richard in Japan about going to all of the Book Offs in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.
Music guest N.E.V.R., an Okinawan-based hip-hop artist. Give him a buzz on Spotify, would ya?
The rona-emergency has taught OneTwenty and I at least one thing — some gaijins you can trust, others . . . maybe not so much. We also discuss noodle-flavor sodas. It’s a thing. The RONA is winding down and Tokyo is opening up, but we’ve seen this before. Remember: Paranoia does not exist.
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Ambient Trip-Hop Beatmaker Demsky calls in from Osaka. He’s on tour at the moment, living the life he wants to live, and mitigating the risks to do so.
We feature his song, “The Airport” in full. Check out Demsky at: https://soundcloud.com/demsky
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Matt and OneTwenty talk about how things are never going back to normal, and that’s why it’s still important to make art. Plus Camera Tips, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, and the bio-pharma security state.
Check out OneTwenty’s new track on Spotify.
Justin Sachs, the brains behind the live music platform More Than Music calls in to talk about how he’s moving forward with putting together live music projects in The New Times.
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Matt and One Twenty recap the Tokyo Games going on in full swing, 5 types of gaijins, Matt’s new song, the Camera Tip of the Week, and a bevy of Stupid Gaijin of the Week stories of super dumb foreigners committing super dumb crimes.
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Matt and OneTwenty discuss what’s the point of keeping art out of politics if everyone’s doing it, OneTwenty’s appearance on Asian Boss YouTube channel, and Really Khalil calls in from Savannah, Georgia to talk about car sex, Carl’s Jr. Onlyfans and his SEC digital entrepreneurship project Music Benefactors.
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