Japan Wut 98 "Bug Booze!"
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… Matt and DJO discuss bug booze, digital transformation in Japan, and a crazy gaijin rampaging in a Police Station in Japan.
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Show Notes for Ep 98
NEW PRODUCT
Japan’s popular Moonlight brand begins selling broken cookies
EAT THE BUGS
Sake brewing with cricket yeast
ECONOMY
FOCUS: Yen fall may prove a debilitating blow to Japan, spotlights BOJ
Cosmo investors OK 'poison pill' to prevent takeover
Japan state-backed fund to buy JSR to enhance chip supply chain
Cosmo wins unconventional vote on 'poison pill' against activist
WAR
US to make India into naval logistics hub for Indo-Pac region
Italy brings new warship to Japan during Indo-Pacific tour
Japan deems export of lethal defense equipment feasible: source
TECH
World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan
LGBTQ
http://dragqueenstoryhour.tokyo/
Drag queens read picture books to children in Tokyo [interview]
SGOTW
Researcher at Japan institute denies leaking secrets to Chinese firm
A police officer told a woman, who was berating them in a foreign language, "Go back to China."
It has been revealed that a female police officer at the Higashi Police Station of Fukuoka Prefectural Police made a remark telling a foreign-looking woman, who was suspected of tearing up someone else's lost property report, to "go back to China."
According to the Higashi Police Station, on the afternoon of the 15th, a woman of foreign nationality, believed to be involved, visited the station's counter, stating that she had lost her passport at her home.
When the staff member who handled the case urged her to search her home again, the woman, who had been speaking in Japanese until then, became angry and began berating the staff member in a foreign language. It is reported that she also tore up a lost property report belonging to someone nearby.
Subsequently, a female police officer from another department intervened to mediate the situation, but the argument escalated, and without confirming the woman's nationality, she made the remark, "Go back to China."
The female police officer has expressed remorse, stating that she "became a little emotional." However, the police intend to investigate the incident, including the suspicion of obstructing official duties, regarding the foreign-looking woman who is believed to have torn up the lost property report.
EAT THE BUGS
Sake brewing with cricket yeast
Japan in Japan
Japan Hopes to Have Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operational by FY24
Japan and the World
G7 ministers meet in Japan to discuss women's empowerment post-COVID
Keidanren to set up committee to help Ukraine with rebuilding
Alleged Tech Leak to China 'Just the Tip of the Iceberg'
SOCIETY 5.0
IMF Announces Single Global Digital Currency in Push to Eliminate Cash
My Number ID system faces further setback with erroneous deliveries
Osaka Expo Announces Theme Weeks with SDGs Focus
COVID
Dr Vanessa Kerry appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health
CHINA
In Argentina, US dollars are so scarce that yuan use is at record high
