DEEP DIVE May 3, 2023
[Rebroadcast] The sublime boredom of walking in Japan
Let's revisit this podcast from last year in which we speak with writer Craig Mod about the art of a good stroll.
Let's revisit this podcast from last year in which we speak with writer Craig Mod about the art of a good stroll.
This week, Oscar Boyd gives us a review of his cultured chicken meal and runs down the environmental implications of such an endeavor, while Tomoko Otake gets us caught up on where Japan stands in the great race to replicate beef.
Sports sponsorships have emerged as a major battleground in the push to ban fossil fuel companies from advertising their brands.
Oscar Boyd, Hanae Takahashi and Eric Margolis join new Deep Dive host Shaun McKenna to talk about how people in Japan get their climate news and what we need to do as citizens to aid in the fight.
Kanako Takahara joins to discuss when Japan might reopen to international tourism, and what form that reopening might take.
Staff writer Alex Martin joins to discuss Japan’s declining population, and why one town in Saitama thinks it’s not all bad news.
Since the beginning of March, the value of the yen has plummeted against the dollar, the euro and the British pound. Bloomberg economy reporter Yuko Takeo joins Deep Dive to explain why.
Japan Times editor Chris Russell joins to discuss the story of Nakagin and why he thinks it has captivated so many people over the years.
Bloomberg energy reporter Shoko Oda joins Deep Dive to explain why the energy crisis was a decade in the making.
Hanako Montgomery, a reporter for Vice World News in Japan, discusses Japan’s poor record on gender equality.