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The bois are back in town!

Jon is has finally returned to the UK, and is jet-lagged as all hell. In this episode, we give a quick run-down of the closing of the 2021 Olympic Games, a giant pumpkin fighting a typhoon, and Jon's adventures in international flights. 

Sources: https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/tokyo-olympics-comes-to-a-close-with-anime-opening-at-closing-ceremonys-ska-remix%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/tv-asahi-staffers-party-after-closing-ceremony-1-hospitalized-after-tumbling-out-of-bar/ https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/japans-new-canned-curry-is-ready-to-drink-and-ready-to-delight-the-curry-loving-nation/

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The Geeks & Gaijins Season Finale! It's our final episode on-location in Japan! The sun is shining (too much), the Olympics are in full swing (unfortunately), and there are no fun crimes stories this week (predictably). So join us on a trip back in time to 1984, as Jon regales us with the story of the Glico-Morinaga Extortion Case. 

Also in this episode: Ghibli Museum fundraising, delicious non-radioactive peaches, and yet another typhoon.

Thanks to everyone who's listened in to us over the last two years. This podcast has been very important to the both of us during this time, and we're grateful to every open ear who shared in our joy, anger, and general nonsense throughout. 

We'll be back in two weeks with a slightly revamped format, but the same lunacy as ever. Same Geek-Time, same Gaijin-Channel. 

Until then, Sayonara Japan!

Sources: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-19/the-ghibli-museum-meets-10-million-yen-crowdfunding-goal-in-24-hours/.175253 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/118577 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14401598 https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57959891 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glico_Morinaga_case

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Content warning for Homophobia, Transphobia, and general anti-LGBT bigotry starting at 14:45. Skip to 20:15.

Editor's Note: Jon's Japanese tongue twister does not mean "The customer next to me is eating white peaches". Instead, it means "The customer next to me is eating lots of persimmons".

This Week In Japan: The legendary missing python has been discovered in an unexpected location, a train driver takes world's riskiest sh*t, Japanese officials debate LGBT discrimination, foreigners banned from dinner, President Macron announces visit to Japan, and Jon poses as a reporter to see the Olympic Torch relay.

Also, Kentaro Miura, creator of the legendary manga Beserk, passes away. Sources: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210522/k10013045901000.html?utm_int=all_side_ranking-access_001

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210520/k10013042571000.html

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210521/p2a/00m/0na/032000c

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210522/k10013044921000.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/20/kentaro-miura-creator-of-bestselling-manga-berserk-dies-aged-54

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210521/p2g/00m/0na/075000c

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Jon's Note: I Like my homosexuals FLAMiNg, no WAIT NOT LIKE THAT!

Wah-ah-ah-ah.

This Week In Japan: Demon Slayer, so hot right now

Kindergarten Cop

The code is more like guidelines, anyway

It takes queue

Robocide in Shinjuku?

And, inevitably, the mess that is Japan, covid, vaccines, and... the Olympics.

Sources:

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/14/brain-breaking-photos-from-a-super-otakus-birthday-shrine-to-her-favorite-anime-character/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/13/osaka-elementary-school-becomes-first-in-japan-to-have-a-police-box-established-on-campus/https://soranews24.com/2021/05/14/evangelion-studio-receiving-threatening-fan-comments-will-report-offenders-even-outside-japan/https://soranews24.com/2021/05/12/up-to-300-people-a-day-breaking-japanese-quarantine-rules-according-to-reports/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/14/starbucks-japans-new-strawberry-frappuccino-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-in-wimbledon/

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14349808http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14349720http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14347702https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210515/p2a/00m/0na/006000chttps://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210515/p2a/00m/0na/002000chttps://soranews24.com/2021/05/13/city-in-osaka-stops-in-person-registration-for-vaccines-as-flood-of-seniors-clamors-to-sign-up/https://soranews24.com/2021/05/13/has-shinjukus-robot-restaurant-closed-permanently/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/13/has-shinjukus-robot-restaurant-closed-permanently/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210515/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210515/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14347702

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14349720

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14349808

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Snake? Snake! Snaaaaaaaaake!

In other news, Japan makes the same bad puns as us, a tower that should not exist hasn't been demolished yet, cake is sporty now, and drying clothes on a wacky wavy inflatable-arm tube man. I promise no drugs were involved in this. I know, I'm dissappointed too.

Sources:

https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/9527/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210507/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/nakagin-capsule-tower-could-be-headed-demolition/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/10/sports-cake-developed-by-legendary-japanese-castella-company/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/09/strange-japanese-job-ad-asks-to-deliver-a-pork-egg-onigiri-from-okinawa-to-tokyo-twice-per-day/

https://soranews24.com/2021/05/10/dry-and-iron-your-laundry-hands-free-and-fast-with-village-vanguards-hot-air-bag-clothes-dryer/

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Sources: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210502/p2a/00m/0li/001000c https://soranews24.com/2021/04/30/japanese-cat-enjoys-walks-in-the-rain-with-his-adorable-tiny-umbrella%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/ https://soranews24.com/2021/04/29/japan-to-open-its-first-ever-esports-gym-in-tokyo-with-options-to-pay-for-professional-training/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/national-diet-upping-security-amid-report-of-peeping-tom/ https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/kyoto-woman-accused-of-stalking-police-officer-who-previously-arrested-her-for-stalking/ https://soranews24.com/2021/05/03/japanese-schoolgirl-and-karate-teen-subdue-violent-shoplifter/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978075

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This week in Japan: Another one bites the dust, a wild not-so-jiggly-puff appears!, mascot marketing, a real-life harem anime protagonist, what's the deal with airline food?, and the Rise of the Planet of the Boars!

Sources:

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/23/let-godzilla-do-the-cleaning-with-the-new-godzilla-dust-mop-cover/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/26/kyoto-police-investigating-cream-puff-attack-on-bentley/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/23/theres-still-time-to-vote-for-your-favorite-sanrio-mascot-character-of-2021/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/23/pooping-in-supermarket-checkout-lands-kitakyushu-man-300000-yen-fine/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/22/kansai-man-arrested-for-defrauding-his-35-girlfriends/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210426/p2g/00m/0na/011000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210425/p2g/00m/0bu/023000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210423/p2a/00m/0na/028000c

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There's a surprising amount of original content in this one. Is any of it any good? That remains to be seen. Or...heard, I guess. It's a podcast, innit.

This Week In Japans features baby otters, infinite cats, creepy clothes crime, a lucky bag blind buffet, police shooting a man upon request, and radioactive water. Mmmm, tingly!

Also, Jon plans how to make the Olympics safe (from covid, at least), because no-one else seems to be doing it.

How hard can it possible be?

Sources:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210416/p2a/00m/0li/010000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210417/p2a/00m/0li/028000c

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/16/reminder-never-ask-the-cops-in-japan-to-shoot-you/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/16/hyogo-man-arrested-for-stealing-13-tiny-fish-valued-at-52000-yen/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/17/fukuoka-man-arrested-for-breaking-into-store-putting-on-female-staffs-apron-and-shirt/

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This Week In Japan: Guest Starring The Geek Tom as The Snack Breaker.

If last week's fishy flavour left you a little salty, you'll be happy to hear that this week features a menagerie of morsels, a fountain of food, a... cornicopia of... consumables?

Anyway, in This Week In Japan, a man fights a crab, there are vending machines for sweet potatoes, and an Okinawan woman goes on hunger strike to protect her family's bones.

This Week In Japan: What else did you expect, really?

Sources:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210408/p2a/00m/0li/002000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210410/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210319/p2a/00m/0bu/013000c

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/08/man-fights-giant-crab-statue-on-streets-of-osaka-becomes-citys-most-hated-criminal%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/10/japanese-man-arrested-for-stealing-womens-shoes-and-replacing-them-with-new-ones/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210408/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

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It's time to dress to impress in This Week In Japan. We've got the hottest Harry Potter holders, suspicious suits, stolen schools, fugu fun, and sexist boats.

Yeah, you heard me. Sexist Boats.

I wish I was making this up.

Sources:

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/01/japanese-schoolkids-to-be-able-to-carry-their-books-in-official-harry-potter-randoseru-backpacks/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/05/japanese-police-searching-for-man-who-stole-1-1-million-yen-in-tiny-fish/

https://soranews24.com/2021/04/02/japanese-woman-reported-to-police-for-not-looking-right-in-a-suit-turns-out-shes-a-crook/

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210402/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

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