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A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what's happening in Japan. No ads.
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China’s UN letter, a southwestern earthquake, a meteoroid cluster sighting, the G20 summit, an AI train app, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collectionsWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A fire in Oita, bear deterrent drones, the Takatori Castle Festival, oyster deaths, a volcanic eruption, a robot contest, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rorshok Ocean Update: https://rorshok.com/updates/ocean/The Takatori Castle Festival: https://sightseeing2.takatori.info/37th_shiromatsuri/ Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collectionsWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
An economic stimulus package, intangible cultural heritage, facial recognition tech, an apartment fire, low-latitude aurora, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Red aurora: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251113/p2g/00m/0na/002000c Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collectionsWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Record bear sightings, a foreign population increase, stock index’s ups and downs, Nintendo Switch 2 sales, the Deaflympics preparation, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Deaflympics: https://www.deaflympics.com/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
The trial of Abe’s assassin, a new stock index record, the Tokyo International Film Festival, a near-miss train accident, chronic student absenteeism, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rorshok Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Bear control measures, an anti-fraud app, the Comet Lemmon video timelapse, lab-grown cacao, a farmer survey, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Comet Lemmon: https://x.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1980376397156872537 Learn more about last Saturday's event: https://rorshok.com/tracks/rorshokito/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Another typhoon hitting the Izu Islands, sushi chain viral videos, bamboo forest graffiti, Mt. Fuji rules, record bear attacks, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Two Nobel Prizes, battery fires, a rice fraud, a train collision, a bear attack, the Shimada Obi Festival, a violent typhoon, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Shimada Obi Festival: https://www.city.shimada.shizuoka.jp/kanko-docs/shimadataisai_105.html We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A bank’s new paternity leave policy, an airport fire, VTuber popularity, a cyberattack against Asahi Group Holdings, updates on Takeshi Niinami, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.VTubers: https://japantoday.com/category/tech/feature-virtual-idols-draw-real-world-crowds-as-japan's-vtuber-market-soarsWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A bear shot, World Expo visitors, self-driving technology, a floating wind farm, PM Shigeru Ishiba at the UN General Assembly, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
An expressway car crash, vehicle tariffs, matcha prices, sustainable fuel goals, an anime movie debut record, the Great Tug-of-War, the ruling party leadership candidates, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Great Tug-of-War: https://sendai-ootsuna.jimdofree.com/ Rorshok’s Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A US immigration raid, falsified DNA evidence, the death of a famous racehorse, wheelchair tennis wins, a famous Buddha statues exhibition, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Download .mp3 files: www.rorshok.com/japanWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donateOops! It looks like we made a mistake.In 7:37, the reader should have said, "17,000."Sorry for the inconvenience!
Anti-customer harassment measures, the new Tokyo Skytree train, bear overfamiliarity, food import restrictions lifted, a fatal stalking case, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A smartphone use ordinance, salary fraud, the Tokyo heat streak, a yen-based stablecoin, the tragic death of a toddler, a volcanic eruption, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Listen to the Georgia Ramble episode here: https://rorshok-georgia-update.captivate.fm/episode/georgia-mindia-arabuli-and-georgian-slang-more-25th-aug-2025/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Two firefighters dead, Intel investment, the Copper World project, a mysterious meteorite, the Shinjo Festival, McDonald’s One Piece promotion, overseas scammers, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Shinjo Festival: https://shinjo-matsuri.jp/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
A lawsuit against Perplexity AI, boxing deaths, McDonald’s Pokemon mishap, Osaka Expo ticket sales, toilet certification, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Anti-discrimination backlash, a fireworks festival fire, the World Cosplay Summit, a tennis star comeback, press preregistration, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rorshok’s Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
The US-Japan deal, the Pacific coast tsunami, rice supply and demand, a Bon dance world record, the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.To download an MP3 file: www.rorshok.com/japanWe want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Ongoing southwestern earthquakes, the oldest rock, telecommunications airships, a new nuclear power plant, the Snow Egg festival, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate
Ongoing tariff talks, foreigner-related political debate, the Emperor’s heart problems, a fatal bear attack, the Osaka Expo air show, multifetal pregnancy reductions, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com You can also contact us on Twitter & Instagram @rorshokjapan. Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donateOops! It looks like we made a mistake. In 3:57, the reader should have said, "13th."Sorry for the inconvenience!
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