Weekly Fascination

James is an American living in Tokyo. He loves to study Japanese and work out. His YouTube channel had just over 23K subscribers at the time we did the podcast. Follow YungJamez: YungJamez: https://www.youtube.com/@yungjamez312 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yungjamez/ Inquiries – yungjamezyt@gmail.com Ultra Human ring: http://ultrahuman.com/yungjamez312 Discount code: YUNG10 Books: The Luc...

Nick Norton is a friend, comedian, musician, and martial artist who speaks excellent Japanese. He is co-founder of CHADS, a company that teaches English as it’s really spoken. We talk about Jiu Jitsu and health. Disclaimer: This is not health or exercise advice. We’re just two guys trying to figure it out. Learn more about Nick: https://linktr.ee/nikkuniisan Follow Weekly Fascination on social med...

Bryan is a Japanese go-to-market strategist, specializing in: Business Development Marketing Strategy Strategic Partnerships Process Improvement Recruiting, Training, and Mentoring Team Building Cross-cultural Communication He enjoys leading high-growth startups to surpass performance goals internationally. Specializes in strategic thinking for new market product launches, with a passion for inter...

Nicholas Pettas moved from Denmark to Japan at the age of 18 to become the last student of Mas Oyama, the founder of full-contact Kyokushin karate, aka "God Hand". Starting over as a white belt in a dojo in Ikebukuro, he endured 1000 days of grueling training, broken bones, and isolation. He emerged, fluent in Japanese, confident, and ready to fight. In the dojo, he formed rivalries and friendship...

Today’s guest:  Ryan Wood is an engineer excelling in the fundamentals of design and system building, evangelizing a Lean approach to software development. He lives in Japan with his wife and 2 children in a suburb of Tokyo. The conversation covers Ryan’s background, studying Japanese, moving to Japan, working in Japan, looking for a job in Japan, making friends in Japan, how AI affects the daily...

CS is a British-Norwegian filmmaker based in Oslo, Norway. He holds a BA in Film & TV Production from the University of Westminster, and has worked as director, story producer and editor for 15 years, mainly in TV. "The Discoverer of the Discoverers" is his directorial debut in cinematic documentary and won Best Short Documentary at the Japan Indies Film Festival (JIFF). Peder Bratterud from B...

Follow Paprika Girl on X: https://x.com/PaprikaGirl_JP Raku film: https://www.youtube.com/@%E6%9C%89%E9%99%90%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%E6%A5%BD%E6%98%A0%E8%88%8E/videos People to follow: Joe: https://www.youtube.com/@ishikawasummittosea https://x.com/ISummittosea Jon: https://www.youtube.com/@Ohazassu https://x.com/OhazassuPodcast Kevin: https://linktr.ee/kevinoshea https://x.com/MadForMaple Kurt: https:...

Follow Joe: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGgRvZHSCqzZDqZnaolOx5lcHuL4HvahK&si=u1MyXpknM5fMIvMn X: https://x.com/ISummittosea Casey on X: https://x.com/TBeanpod #gaijinpodcastcollective (as of Oct 2024) https://x.com/OhazassuPodcast https://x.com/MadForMaple https://x.com/softypapa https://x.com/PaprikaGirl_JP https://x.com/DeepinJapanPod https://x.com/naturalfukui https://x.com/...

John is an Australian podcaster living in Nagoya, Japan. He hosts the “Ohazassu” morning podcast, covering life in Japan, news, travel, food, and shares a Japanese “word of the day” in each episode. The Gaijin Podcast Collective is a diverse group of Japan-based and japan-focused podcasters who share their love for Japan, share our experiences, and work to improve their craft. Podcasters to follow...

Kurt Bell is an author and family man who has spent years moving between America and Japan. Now, with both he and his wife retiring, and their daughter grown after graduating from college in the United States, the whole family—including their two dogs—is resettling in Japan. Kurt shares his experiences of navigating this transition, reflecting on the challenges of moving internationally with pets...

Jeff is the host of the Deep in Japan podcast, which features “incessant chatter about Japan, much of it amusing, trivial, meaningless”. He is a long-term resident of Japan with a family in Nagano. He is always a lot of fun to talk to. Check out his podcast here: Deep in Japan Podcast: https://deepinjapan.buzzsprout.com/ Follow Jeff on X: https://x.com/DeepinJapanPod Show notes: Nurture shock: htt...

In this episode, we talk about the film Rufus. A man in the hood, Rufus, tells five disturbing dark stories about body horror to his family and friends against his wife's will. Starring: 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, David J, and Debra Haden Mars Roberge is a Canadian-American dual-citizen filmmaker, born in Scarborough (borough of Toronto) and living in Los Angeles. A film production graduate...

I got the chance to catch up with my cousin after almost 20 years. We discuss his impressions of his first time in Japan, my "skills" as a tour guide, the beauty of Kyoto, and the very moving experience of visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (広島平和記念資料館). Get your JR pass before coming to Japan: https://click.jrpass.com/aff_c?offer_id=19&aff_id=999 Get tickets for th...

Byron Kennerly is a touring comedian from Los Angeles on a quest to perform an improv comedy show in every country in the world. He plans to perform improv in 197 countries around the world, which he started in Japan on October 23, 2022 with the Pirates of Tokyo Bay. Follow his journey on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/improvambassador/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@improva...

Xanthos is a game creator at Studio Vale with 16 years of software and game development experience. Vale Studio is one of the select few studios bridging the gap between Japan and the world. They specialize in project management, software development, and movie quality assets for games and promotional material. Studio Vale: https://stvale.com/ Anamatrix Beyond: https://youtu.be/tBJe53IA9DE?si=-LQJ...

Scott A. Warren is a Partner at the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs, a global law firm with over 1,500 lawyers at 45 offices in 21 countries. It has one of the largest networks of law offices in Asia, with a presence in Japan for over 30 years. Scott heads the Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Digital Data Disclosures practices for Asia and supports Squire's Intellectual Property, Litigation/Dis...

Rex Ash is creator and producer of the Japanese Amazon Prime Video TV Channel Yogaesse. Skilled in all aspects of production, filming, sound recording, editing, color grading, mastering, marketing and content distribution. As well as YouTube, App Store, and Amazon marketing. Created the Japanese TV show Kirei Yoga, sponsored by Reebok, as seen on Fox Sports Asia in 11 countries and 20 million home...

CEO Japan Travel KK, CEO MetroWorks KK, Japan Inc Holdings KK Terrie Lloyd is a dual-national of Australia and New Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 40 years. He formed his first company on a working holiday visa at the age of 25, in Japan, and has established more than 17 companies in Japan (10 others internationally) since then. He has had 8 successful earn-outs: LINC Computer and HK-based Tec...

Daniel grew up surrounded by plants and gardens in his native Canada. Now, after he moved to Japan in 2006 and discovered ikebana 10 years later, his lifelong connection to flowers has bloomed into a life's purpose. While Daniel had always admired ikebana, he never thought he could make something that artistic himself. One day, however, he happened upon an ikebana exhibition at his local train...

Jeff has a hilarious and deeply engaging personality with a passion to share the benefits of real estate, investing, and how to live the best life, ever! Through overwhelming challenges and a life-threatening health crisis, Jeff shares how he crafted a life that he wanted through a complete change in his mindset and building his real estate business. Since that time, he has been traveling all over...

Nick Norton is a friend, comedian, musician, and martial artist who speaks excellent Japanese. He is co-founder of CHADS, a company that teaches English as it’s really spoken. We talk about the entertainment business in Japan, how he ended up on TV in Japan, and his love of Jiu Jitsu and boxing. Learn more about Nick: https://linktr.ee/nikkuniisan Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagr...

Like his fictional hero, Torn Sagara, L. M. (“Mark”) Weeks was born in Alaska and practices law in Japan. Mark was Managing Partner of the Tokyo office of global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for over ten years. He has represented technology companies worldwide in matters of financing, intellectual property, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and related disputes. Mark speaks...

Founder and consultant for Almata Global, and Tokyo Managing Director for Sovereign Intelligence - Location and Cyber Intelligence, Eddie manages and operates a global security and intelligence consultation company, providing clients with unique and cutting-edge security and surveillance solutions. We discuss cyber threats, his experience in the military, and running a business in Japan. Website:...

Stephen J. Shaw is a statistician, computer scientist, and founder of two data analytics companies in UK and US. He holds an MBA from ISG in Paris and is a degree candidate at Harvard University. Stephen has lived on 3 continents and filmed in 24 countries. He currently resides in Japan. Birthgap.org is a social impact enterprise that emerged from "The Birthgap Project" which had the goa...

Mo Batran is a Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo and Director of Business Development at LocationMind, a Location-Based AI / Space Technology Startup from The University of Tokyo. He not only has deep knowledge of how to analyze and understand data, but most importantly, how to monetize data. Blog: https://www.mohamedbatran.com/about/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbatran/ Follow...