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A weekly English-language podcast looking at life in Japan, one story at a time. My observations on Japanese culture, society, news, and expat life. Companion to theTokyoBill Japan news brief...stories on Japan that just happened to catch my eye! You can support my work simply by visiting my site: theTokyoBill.jp, or by buying me a coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/TokyoBill. :)
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Signup to Generate a PitchA weekly English-language podcast looking at life in Japan, one story at a time. My observations on Japanese culture, society, news, and expat life. Companion to theTokyoBill Japan news brief...stories on Japan that just happened to catch my eye! You can support my work simply by visiting my site: theTokyoBill.jp, or by buying me a coffee at
theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan is hosted by TokyoBill. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Whose Halloween Is It? - A story about a holiday that has never quite belonged to anyone in Japan." (31 October 2026, 9 minutes), "Okinawa: The Island Between - A story about an island that has spent centuries belonging to everyone except itself." (24 October 2026, 13 minutes), and "No More Space for the Dead - A story about cremation, ancestors, aging, and the infrastructure needs that keep getting put off." (17 October 2026, 11 minutes).
theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 11 minutes across 20 episodes.
Booking probability for theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan's contact route on record: public web form.
TokyoBill hosts theTokyoBill Weekly - Stories from Japan, told from Japan, a society podcast with 20 episodes published.
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Episode #123
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: A story about costumes, trains, and a holiday that has never quite belonged to anyone in Japan. You can support me via BuyMeACoffee or simply by visiting theTokyoBill.jp...
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: A story about Okinawa, the US military presence, and an island that has spent centuries belonging to everyone except itself. You can support me via BuyMeACoffee or simply...
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: A story about youth, pressure, and what happens when a society's children decide it is easier to talk to a machine than to the adults around them. You can support me via...
Episode #120
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: thirty-seven days of rain, a rice market swinging between shortage and glut, and fish that have simply stopped showing up. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit...
Episode #119
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: A story about youth, pressure, and what happens when a society's children decide it is easier to talk to a machine than to the adults around them. You can support me via...
Episode #118
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan's seventy-year-old prostitution law is finally under review, and the debate it has opened reveals something uncomfortable about who the law was always designed to...
Episode #117
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: how Japan went from one of the world's most cash-dependent societies to one of its most complex payment ecosystems. Support: BuyMeACoffee , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)
Episode #116
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: a story about analog and digital Japan, and what happens when a society that perfected the old has to decide whether to embrace the new. Support: BuyMeACoffee , or visit...
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: how a country whose constitution renounces war became one of the Indo-Pacific's most sought-after weapons suppliers — and why it had no choice. Support...
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan spent thirteen years and billions of yen trying to make itself cool — and this week the government finally admitted it didn't work. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill...
Episode #113
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why August is the season of ghosts in Japan — and why Japanese ghosts are nothing like the ones you grew up with. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit...
Episode #111
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: what the Kumamoto earthquake tells us about how Japan has learned to live with the ground moving beneath it. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)
Episode #110
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. Tokyo is telling its office workers to wear shorts — and understanding why that is genuinely news requires understanding how Japan thinks about clothes…and conformity. Support...
Episode #109
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan just passed a law to save its imperial family — and in doing so, may have signed its death warrant. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)
Episode #108
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. Japan is drinking less — and the country that invented the after-work drinking party is quietly trying to figure out what comes next. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit...
Episode #107
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why people are lining up at midnight for a new novel in a country that is running out of bookstores. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . :)
Episode #106
Each week, a single topic explored in a little more depth than my companion podcast, theTokyoBill news brief. This week: how Japan went from having no professional football league to facing Brazil in the World Cup...
Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: a country where two-thirds of the public support same- marriage, hundreds of thousands turn out for Pride, and the law still says no. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or...
Episode #103
<p>Stories from Japan, told from Japan.</p> <p>This week: the crime wave that has no leaders, no members, and no address — and why that makes it so hard to stop. </p> <p>Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill, or visit...
Episode #102
<p>Stories from Japan, told from Japan.</p> <p>This week: Japan wants your students, your researchers, and your workers — just not, if it can possibly help it, your permanent presence.</p> <p>Support...
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