theTokyoBill weekly

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: thirty-seven days of rain, a rice market swinging between shortage and glut, and fish that have simply stopped showing up. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan.   This week:  A story about youth, pressure, and what happens when a society's children decide it is easier to talk to a machine than to the adults around them.   You can support me via BuyMeACoffee or simply by visiting theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan's seventy-year-old prostitution law is finally under review, and the debate it has opened reveals something uncomfortable about who the law was always designed to protect.  Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: how Japan went from one of the world's most cash-dependent societies to one of its most complex payment ecosystems.   Support: BuyMeACoffee , or visit theTokyoBill.jp .  :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: a story about analog and digital Japan, and what happens when a society that perfected the old has to decide whether to embrace the new. Support: BuyMeACoffee , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan.   This week: how a country whose constitution renounces war became one of the Indo-Pacific's most sought-after weapons suppliers — and why it had no choice.     Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan spent thirteen years and billions of yen trying to make itself cool — and this week the government finally admitted it didn't work. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why August is the season of ghosts in Japan — and why Japanese ghosts are nothing like the ones you grew up with. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: the week when Japan stops, the spirits of the dead come home, and millions of people get on the road to meet them.   Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: what the Kumamoto earthquake tells us about how Japan has learned to live with the ground moving beneath it.   Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. Tokyo is telling its office workers to wear shorts — and understanding why that is genuinely news requires understanding how Japan thinks about clothes…and conformity.   Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan just passed a law to save its imperial family — and in doing so, may have signed its death warrant. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. Japan is drinking less — and the country that invented the after-work drinking party is quietly trying to figure out what comes next.   Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.jp . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why people are lining up at midnight for a new novel in a country that is running out of bookstores.    Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . :)

Each week, a single topic explored in a little more depth than my companion podcast, theTokyoBill news brief. This week:  how Japan went from having no professional football league to facing Brazil in the World Cup knockout stage — and the manga that started it all.   Music credit: MOTIVATE by Wavecont, via Pixabay.com

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: a country where two-thirds of the public support same- marriage, hundreds of thousands turn out for Pride, and the law still says no.    Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . And, now on Patreon! :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why Japan is fining people for littering in a city that removed all the bins — and who is actually to blame.    Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . :)  

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: the crime wave that has no leaders, no members, and no address — and why that makes it so hard to stop.  Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: Japan wants your students, your researchers, and your workers — just not, if it can possibly help it, your permanent presence. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com . :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: the people stealing the roofs off Japan's shrines, and why the rest of the world is partly to blame. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com. :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: why bears are coming down from the mountains, and what it tells us about where Japan is heading. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com. :)

Stories from Japan, told from Japan. This week: How the country is dealing with the pressure of high tourist numbers, including implementing two-tiered pricing. Support: BuyMeACoffee/TokyoBill , or visit theTokyoBill.com. :)

A Cdn expat in Tokyo, I write about the local craft beer scene & current events related to Japan. You can show support by visiting theTokyoBill.com – cheers! Music: Motivate by WAVECONT, via Pixabay.com .

A Cdn expat in Tokyo, I write about the local craft beer scene & current events related to Japan. You can show support by visiting theTokyoBill.com – cheers! Music: Motivate by WAVECONT, via Pixabay.com .

A Cdn expat in Tokyo, I write about the local craft beer scene & current events related to Japan. You can show support by visiting theTokyoBill.com – cheers! Music: Motivate by WAVECONT, via Pixabay.com .