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A podcast on Japanese Politics hosted by @blukewhittaker

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Aug 6, 2026

1:03

USA Helps Japan's Currency!

1K111

Jul 11, 2026

14:25

Is Japan's PM in Trouble?

25162

Jun 3, 2026

9:25

Britain Is Repeating Japan's Biggest Mistake

273113

Apr 30, 2026

26:11

Japan's Having a Referendum?

7055

Apr 8, 2026

12:20

Should Japan Rely on the USA?

32447

Mar 30, 2026

6:32

North Korea Rejects Japan

3721

Mar 29, 2026

1:02

Japan's PM Approval Goes Up!

93290

Mar 28, 2026

1:12

Japan Keeps Older Workers

79390

Mar 27, 2026

4:42

Iran Gives Japan Permission in Hormuz?

2412

Mar 25, 2026

18:49

Japan Wins in America, Loses in North Korea

64763

Mar 23, 2026

1:06

Japan Approves of Trump Meeting

86150

Mar 20, 2026

0:51

SHORT

Trump Jokes Pearl Harbour to Japan PM

1.2K310

Mar 19, 2026

0:42

SHORT

Japan's PM in Trump Talks!

1K110

Mar 14, 2026

0:29

SHORT

North Korea Missiles Fall Outside Japan's EEZ?

1.1K191

Mar 13, 2026

1:02

War in Iran Already Hurting Japan?

945100

Mar 11, 2026

17:31

What Does War in Iran Mean for Japan?

4810

Mar 7, 2026

0:57

SHORT

Japanese Company Sues OpenAI

1K202

Mar 6, 2026

1:06

China Cracks Down on Manga

4130

Mar 5, 2026

8:23

Is Japan’s Left Dying? (And What Could Replace It?)

8532610

Mar 2, 2026

0:58

SHORT

Japan's Birthrate Goes up in Tokyo!

1K141

Feb 27, 2026

0:56

SHORT

Japan to Ban Flag Burning?

12810

Feb 18, 2026

15:00

Is Sanae Takaichi the New Boris Johnson?

4010

Feb 11, 2026

39:51

Japan’s 2026 Election Shock: Conservatives Win, Left Fails

185124

Feb 8, 2026

1:32

Conservatives Win Japan's Election!

42676

Feb 1, 2026

32:19

Japan's 2026 Election - Preview

7464

Jan 27, 2026

15:23

A Japanese Populist Party is Imploding?

7452

Jan 18, 2026

8:57

Centrist Reform Alliance : Japan's New Super Party?

17144

Jan 14, 2026

24:54

Japan Faces Global Tension

2720

Jan 14, 2026

1:00

SHORT

Japan to Have Snap Election?

87560

Jan 7, 2026

5:10

What Venezuela Means for Japan

12920

Dec 31, 2025

2:43

What Could Happen in Japan in 2026?

41880

Dec 18, 2025

1:01

Japanese Woman Reported as a Bear!

1.3K60

Dec 17, 2025

1:02

Japan has a Trade Surplus!

1K72

Dec 10, 2025

0:53

SHORT

Streamer Arrested After Fukushima Trespass

96952

6410

Japan’s Debt Crisis: How Did It Get So High?

62850

Dec 6, 2025

0:39

SHORT

Japan's PM Wins Catchphrase Award!

1.1K81

Dec 3, 2025

0:59

SHORT

Japan has 1st DOGE Meeting

858130

Nov 29, 2025

1:07

Bear Attacks Man at a Japanese Toilet

78341

Nov 27, 2025

1:09

Japan Approves of Stricter Immigration Policy?

964123

Nov 26, 2025

18:08

Taiwan Tension : China vs Japan

10349

Nov 21, 2025

1:03

Could Japan Lose Their Pandas?

1.1K174

Nov 19, 2025

11:38

Japan's Ishin Want 10% Fewer Politicians?

6230

Nov 18, 2025

0:54

SHORT

Euro Rises Vs Weak Yen!

31540

Nov 15, 2025

0:57

SHORT

China Issues Japan Travel Warning

44910

Nov 14, 2025

1:48

Ex PM Criticised Japan's Leader over Taiwan Comments

88491

Nov 13, 2025

0:54

SHORT

Japan Could Tax Tourists More?

1.1K80

Nov 11, 2025

17:23

Everybody Loves Sanae Takaichi?

9130

Nov 10, 2025

1:23

Chinese Diplomat Threatens Japan's Leader

1.1K115

Nov 9, 2025

5:24

Japan’s New Government's Plan to Save the Imperial Throne

451159

Nov 8, 2025

1:09

Japan's PM to Cut Her Own Salary?

16610

Nov 2, 2025

1:27

Japan's PM Rules out Snap Election!

76530

Oct 30, 2025

1:27

Sanae Takaichi Enjoys a Good Start as Japan's PM?

32110

Oct 29, 2025

0:56

SHORT

Japan's Army Called on for Bears?

89641

Oct 28, 2025

1:16

Japan Rejects British Cheese.

78252

Oct 25, 2025

1:11

Japan to Allow More Overtime?

97272

Oct 22, 2025

23:12

Japan’s First Female PM Outsmarts the Left | Sanae Takaichi’s Win Explained

23096

1.2K80

Japan Agrees on New Government!

962102

Oct 18, 2025

11:46

Does Japan Have a Succession Crisis?

5081610

Oct 16, 2025

0:42

SHORT

Ishin to Join Japan's Government?

6312

Oct 15, 2025

1:06

Political Uncertainty Hurts Japan's Economy?

21020

Oct 14, 2025

3:58

A Plan to Stop PM Sanae Takaichi?

5840

Oct 14, 2025

1:47

Plans to Stop PM Sanae Takaichi?

37032

Oct 12, 2025

17:23

Who is Sanae Takaichi?

7850

Oct 10, 2025

1:34

Could Japan's Government Collapse?

58430

Oct 8, 2025

2:24

4 Reasons Sanae Takaichi Became Japan's PM

73241

Oct 4, 2025

1:00

SHORT

Sanae Takaichi Wins! Will be Japan's First Female PM

1.1K101

Oct 2, 2025

12:10

Can Shinjiro Koizumi be Stopped?

15272

Oct 2, 2025

1:16

Japanese Company Makes Paternity Leave Compulsory

1.3K135

Sep 30, 2025

1:11

Frequent Ramen Linked to Early Death?

44140

Sep 28, 2025

6:41

Japan's "Africa Hometown" Controversy

23967

Sep 26, 2025

0:54

SHORT

Japanese Politician Claims Tourists Attacked Deer

35030

Sep 24, 2025

1:04

Is Japan's PM Underpaid?

14320

Sep 18, 2025

5:40

Did the League of Nations Fail to Stop Japan?

10623

Sep 14, 2025

6:20

Could Japan Restore Its Monarchy?

7623019

Sep 13, 2025

1:16

Sanae Takaichi Tops Poll!

87190

Sep 12, 2025

1:35

Contest to be Japan's PM Underway!

30240

Sep 10, 2025

21:50

Japan's Next Prime Minister

7830

Sep 9, 2025

0:58

SHORT

Donald Trump Suprised as Japan's PM Quits

79470

Sep 8, 2025

4:42

Japan's Leader Quit - What Now?

2420

Sep 7, 2025

4:28

Why Japan's PM Just Resigned

3330

Sep 7, 2025

0:58

SHORT

Japan's PM has Resigned!

936110

Sep 5, 2025

1:46

Puyi - Japan's Puppet Emperor

7631

Sep 4, 2025

1:11

Japan Turns Away From Beer?

1.1K30

Sep 3, 2025

0:49

SHORT

Japan Responds to Bear Crisis

69640

Aug 31, 2025

1:00

SHORT

Putin Accuses Japan of Militarism

28321

Aug 30, 2025

1:04:27

Japan and Manchuria - Interview With Quin Cho

7561

Aug 27, 2025

0:58

SHORT

Tourists Abandon Suitcases in Japan

31520

Aug 21, 2025

0:38

SHORT

Scalpers Ruin McDonald's Japan Promotion?

1.2K70

Jul 23, 2025

29:54

Japan's 2025 Election - Results

17544

Jul 22, 2025

0:48

SHORT

Japan's PM not Resigning

1.5K10

Jul 21, 2025

1:06

Japan's 2025 Election

20820

Jul 20, 2025

11:38

The Failed Canadian Takeover of Japan's 7-Eleven

2922

Jul 19, 2025

1:04

Japan Feels Worse Off Going Into it's Elections

30610

Jul 18, 2025

1:09

Japanese Temple Charges 300 Yen Only to Foreign Tourists

25050

Jul 16, 2025

1:05

Japanese Man Arrested - Accused of 580 Fake Hotel Bookings

13720

Jul 15, 2025

1:25

Japan's Communists Target Populist Right With Melon Pan?

81572

Jul 13, 2025

6:18

Is Right Wing Populism Rising in Japan?

392910

Jul 11, 2025

0:56

SHORT

Company Introduces Tipping to Japan

1.3K52

Jul 9, 2025

1:00

SHORT

Photo Only Weddings on Rise in Japan

4410

Jul 8, 2025

27:10

Japan's 2025 Election - Preview

595127

Jul 4, 2025

0:52

SHORT

Japan Faces Matcha Shortage

50630

Jul 2, 2025

0:57

SHORT

Only 22% of Japan Trusts the USA

27830

Jul 1, 2025

6:19

Japanese Dessert at M&S? Cream Strawberry Sandwich Review

35362

Jul 1, 2025

2:12

M&S Japanese Stawberry Sandwich Review

1.4K100

Jun 29, 2025

11:02

What You Need to Know About the SDP Party of Japan

10430

Jun 27, 2025

1:20

Japan Cracks Down on Real Life Mario kart

54630

Jun 25, 2025

1:13

American Tourist Damages Japanese Temple

693122

Jun 24, 2025

0:58

SHORT

Bizarre Rules According to Japanese Students

47720

Jun 21, 2025

1:00

SHORT

Japan's Prime Minister Avoids No Confidence Vote

13310

Jun 18, 2025

18:19

Japan Gives Money Away?

3920

Jun 13, 2025

4:16

Japan's Traditional Foods are Declining

5030

Jun 12, 2025

0:54

SHORT

Japan's Opinion of America Declines!

31030

Jun 4, 2025

15:22

It's the Rice Economy, Stupid!

5620

May 22, 2025

0:55

SHORT

Japanese Minister Resigns over Rice Comment

56820

May 21, 2025

3:19

Biggest Problem Tourists Have in Japan!

8120

2310

Top 4 Problems for Tourists in Japan

1.3K60

1.6K80

Is Yuichiro Tamaki the Future?

21963

Apr 29, 2025

0:58

SHORT

Climber Rescued From Mount Fuji Twice!

49663

Apr 26, 2025

0:57

SHORT

Japan's Population Drops

1.3K40

39162

Japan Sees Record Visitors in 2025

1.4K50

Apr 13, 2025

3:07

Are Japan's Squat Toilets Doomed?

37356

Apr 12, 2025

0:52

SHORT

Second American Takes Gun Into Japanese Airport

41640

Apr 9, 2025

4:54

Trump Tariffs Shock Japan

5420

Apr 5, 2025

1:02

American Arrested for Smuggling Gun in Japan

1K150

6150

Does Hating Teslas Look Like 80s Anti-Japanese Car Vandalism?

466815

Mar 25, 2025

0:47

SHORT

South Korean Court Votes Not to Impeach Han Duck Soo

5910

Mar 21, 2025

2:34

Japan's Prime Minister Addresses Assassin's Creed Shadows

9122

Mar 20, 2025

25:22

Should PM Ishiba Stay or Should He Go?

2210

Mar 19, 2025

5:55

Important Women in Japanese Politics

2222

Mar 15, 2025

2:32

PM Ishiba's Gift Scandal Explained

7330

Mar 14, 2025

0:46

SHORT

Japan's PM Ishiba Attacked by His Own Party

54460

Mar 9, 2025

29:52

Women in Japanese Politics

21893

Mar 9, 2025

1:01

Ishiba Defends Japan's Treaties After Trump Comments

9120

Mar 4, 2025

0:46

SHORT

Japan Refuses to Pick Sides After Trump-Zelenskyy Fallout

30460

Mar 1, 2025

0:55

SHORT

How Japan Survives With No Military

3841

572114

4830

Japanese Woman Arrested for Damaging a $1 Bun

13111

Feb 14, 2025

21:25

Ishiba Finally Meets Trump

2020

Jan 31, 2025

1:54

Youtuber Censored After Criticising Assassin's Creed Shadows

22581

3220

Who Are the Hawks and Doves of Japanese Politics?

4221

Jan 18, 2025

32:01

Why Doesn't Japan Have a Military?

5312

Jan 9, 2025

1:01

Osaka Vs Hiroshima Okonomiyaki

4622

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