December 25, 2024

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Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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May 23, 2024

What does climate change sound like in Okinawa?

By Shaun McKenna and Chris Russell

This week, Japan Times climate editor Chris Russell joins us to discuss what researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology are listening to.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

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Apr 16, 2024

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

By Shaun McKenna and Oscar Boyd

We discuss everything from accessibility in Tokyo to dealing with trains and the country’s shifting attitudes.

Two people try to take a selfie under the illuminated cherry blossoms in Kyoto’s Gion district last year.

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Mar 25, 2024

Sakura stories revisited: Getting in the mood for hanami

By Shaun McKenna, Jason Jenkins and Alyssa I. Smith

We are revisiting some past content on the science, economics and culture of cherry blossom season.

Motoki Taniguchi (left) and one of his clients, Maurice Shelton, hope their lawsuit can change alleged police practices involving stop-and-search.

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Mar 8, 2024

A lawsuit puts alleged racial profiling by police on trial in Japan

Three residents with foreign roots have filed a lawsuit claiming Japanese police target visible minorities. We discuss what they hope to achieve.

Aoi Suzuki’s son runs past a home in Taketomi on Iriomote Island (not to be confused with Taketomi Island, which lies to the east of Iriomote). The Suzukis run the Takemori Inn, one of the few hotels on Iriomote.

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Feb 29, 2024

[Rebroadcast] Traveling Okinawa with a broken heart

By Lance Henderstein and Shaun McKenna

This week on Deep Dive we get contributing writer and photographer Lance Henderstein to read us his article on traveling Okinawa during the rainy season.

Yasuhiro Otomo and Miku Narisawa during one of Odyssey Nature Japan's educational fishing programs.

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Feb 22, 2024

A young 3/11 survivor and her vow to protect the ocean

By Mara Budgen and Miku Narisawa

At 12, Miku Narisawa experienced a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed her home. Now she is working to protect it.

Naoko Motooka began hunting 10 years ago. Her hobby is one way Hokkaido hopes to curb a current boom in the deer population.

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Feb 15, 2024

Hunting in Hokkaido; Taylor Swift comes to Tokyo

By Shaun McKenna, Justin Randall and Alyssa I. Smith

You probably don’t think of guns when you think of Japan, but Hokkaido’s hunters do.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.

Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?

By Kathryn Wortley

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