92: The long road to the Tokyo Olympics - Part 2
In Part 2 of this two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we discuss heat, corruption and the endless run of scandals that foll...
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Looking beneath the surface of Japan. Each episode we hear from Japan Times journalists and guests with their fingers on the pulse of current events and trends in Japan. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.
91: The long road to the Tokyo Olympics - Part 1
This week, the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will begin, with the opening ceremony planned for Friday, July 23. It will be a Games like none before it, ...
90: Deep Dive is on a break
Host Oscar Boyd is heading to language school for three months and so Deep Dive will be on hiatus. Make sure you subscribe on whichever podcasting pla...
89: Why are the Tokyo Olympics still going ahead in a pandemic? w/ Motoko Rich
With medical experts worried that the Olympics will turn into a superspreader event, polls show that the Japanese public is overwhelmingly not on boar...
88: A clampdown on Japan's asylum seekers w/ Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Japan is a country that is good at many things, but accepting refugees is not one of them. In 2019, just 44 refugees were accepted here. Now, the gove...
87: Half a million and counting: Japan's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine w/ Lisa Du
Bloomberg reporter Lisa Du joins Deep Dive to discuss how Japan's vaccine rollout has gone so far, and the challenges the program may face going forwa...
86: Twenty-five years of Pokemon w/ Tom Bateman
Pokemon is thought to be the most valuable media franchise in the world, with an empire that straddles video games, television, cinema, trading cards,...
85: Ishinomaki: A tsunami-ravaged city, 10 years on w/ Alex Martin & Mari Saito
On this week's episode, The Japan Times' Alex Martin visits Ishinomaki, 10 years after he first went there, to reconnect with residents he spoke with ...
84: Ghosts of the Tsunami: The tragedy at Okawa Elementary School w/ Richard Lloyd Parry
Richard Lloyd Parry is the author of "Ghosts of the Tsunami," which focuses on the story of a small elementary school in the town of Okawa, around 200...
83: What is Clubhouse and why is it so popular in Japan? w/ Yuzuha Oka & Austin Freeman
On this week's episode we look at why Clubhouse, an invite-only social media platform, has become all the rage in Japan. Here to discuss is Yuzuha Oka...